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Gog Magog Hills
The Gog Magog Hills (known locally as the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. The highest points are either side of the A1307 Bab
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The Gog Magog Hills (known locally as the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. The highest points are either side of the A1307 Babraham Road, and are marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill, at 74 m (243 ft), and Telegraph Clump, at 75 m (246 ft). The area as a whole is undefined, but is roughly the elevated area lying northwest of the 41 m (135 ft) col at Worsted Lodge. Unlike the nearby hills of the Newmarket Ridge, which have steep sides but flat tops, these hills have large drops between summits and as such have quite a distinctive appearance; Little Trees Hill looks particularly good from Huckeridge Hill near Sawston, and White Hill dominates the view from the National Cycle Route 11 section towards Great Shelford. The hills therefore have relatively high topographic prominence.
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The Gog Magog Hills (known locally as the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. The highest points are either side of the A1307 Babraham Road, and are marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill, at 74 m (243 ft), and Telegraph Clump, at 75 m (246 ft). The area as a whole is undefined, but is roughly the elevated area lying northwest of the 41 m (135 ft) col at Worsted Lodge. Unlike the nearby hills of the Newmarket Ridge, which have steep sides but flat tops, these hills have large drops between summits and as such have quite a distinctive appearance; Little Trees Hill looks particularly good from Huckeridge Hill near Sawston, and White Hill dominates the view from the National Cycle Route 11 section towards Great Shelford. The hills therefore have relatively high topographic prominence.
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Background
History
Gog, of the land of Magog, is mentioned in the Old Testament as an adversary of Israel. In British folklore, "Gogmagog" was reimagined as a savage giant who inhabited Britain at the time of Brutus's arrival. There was a hill figure of Gogmagog, of unknown date, at Wandlebury Ring, and it is this that gave their hills their name. Mention was made of it in the 17th and 18th centuries, but all trace of it was lost thereafter. The earliest mention of the name "Gog Magog" in connection with the hills occurs in a decree of 1574, forbidding Cambridge students from visiting the hills on pain of a fine. The 1990 book Where Troy Once Stood argued that the ancient city of Troy was in fact located in…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1655, 0.1802
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- wikipedia: Gog Magog Hills (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gog Magog Hills?
- Gog Magog Hills is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1655°, 0.1802°.