Rowley's Hill is a hill in
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...
, near the villages of
Harston
Harston is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, located around 5 miles (8 km) south of Cambridge. In 2011, it had a population of 1,740.
Village Sign
The village sign was erected in the Queen's Silver Jubilee ye ...
and
Newton
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* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
* Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
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. Although of only moderate height (50 m/164 ft), it has a relatively large
prominence
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due to it being surrounded on all sides by a '
moat
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' 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
An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by Anc ...
. It is a memorial to
Gregory Wale
Gregory Wale (1668 – 5 June 1739) was a Cambridgeshire gentleman, a Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire and Conservator of the River Cam.
Parents
Gregory Wale was the son of Thomas Wale of Lackford, Suffolk (born 8 January 1642) and P ...
, of
Little Shelford
Little Shelford is a village located to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. The River Granta lies between it and the larger village of Great Shelford, and both are served by Shelford railway station, whic ...
, of the eighteenth century.
Hills of Cambridgeshire
Obelisks in England
Harston