Rowley's Hill

Rowley's Hill

Infobox Mountain
Name = Rowley's Hill
Photo = Rowley's Hill Obelisk.jpg
Caption = The obelisk on the NE top of Rowley's Hill
Elevation = 50 m (164 ft)
Location = Cambridgeshire, England
Range =
Prominence = "c." 33 m
Coordinates = coord|52.12722|N|0.08173|E|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki-osgb36(TL426497)|display=inline,title
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 154
Type =
Age =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = TL426497

Rowley's Hill is a hill in Cambridgeshire, near the villages of Harston and Newton. Although of only moderate height (50 m/164 ft), it has a relatively large prominence due to it being surrounded on all sides by a 'moat' of much lower land. It therefore stands separate from the other hills in the region and has a distinctive appearance.

The hill has a north east top, St Margaret's Mount (coord|52.1362|N|0.1056|E|type:landmark_region:GB), on top of which is an obelisk. It is a memorial to Gregory Wale, of Little Shelford, of the eighteenth century.


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