He may have been born in the old castle which occupied a rocky knoll on the valley floor.

There are traces of prehistoric hill forts within the park, notably on the rocky knoll above Dunsapie Loch.

* Signal Hill ( Canton, Massachusetts ), a rocky knoll and open space preserve

A rocky knoll above the houses still has the remains of a dun, though many of its stones were taken to build the houses.

Much finer views can be obtained from the lower rocky knoll which stands above Pike Crag .. Buckbarrow gives good views of Wast Water as well as the Wast Water Screes.

A rocky knoll ( called Man ) stands on the other side of the fence.

At the western end of the outer ward is the ruin of a circular tower on a rocky knoll.

He vigorously gave chase, hunting the animal until it tired and stopped on a rocky knoll and approached a spring of fresh water, but without giving the emperor the opportunity to shoot it.

The highest rocky knoll can be identified by an Ordnance Survey triangulation column beside a large cairn, both standing out from the turf.

The site of Avignon was settled very early on ; the rocky outcrop ( le Rocher les Doms ) at the north end of the town, overlooking the Rhône River, may have been the site of a Celtic oppidum or hill fort.

It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south.

Then in 1856, following the Hatt-i Humayun, which introduced social and political reform and greater religious freedom for the various peoples of the Ottoman Empire, the church of Archangel Michael was rebuilt on a rocky mount overlooking the sea.

Namur came to prominence during the early Middle Ages when the Merovingians built a castle or citadel on the rocky spur overlooking the town at the confluence of the two rivers.

His son Othon of Warcq, left his small fortress on the Meuse to site the Chateau de Chiny on a rocky spur overlooking the river.

Around 930 a castle was built on a rocky promintory overlooking the Aver.

Criccieth Castle () is a native Welsh castle situated on the headland between two beaches in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in North Wales, on a rocky peninsula overlooking Tremadog Bay.

Dénia is home to a castle located on a rocky crag overlooking the city.

They normally nest in large colonies, on cliffs overlooking the ocean or on small rocky islands.

Al-Birwa stood on a rocky hill, with an average elevation of 60 meters above sea level, overlooking the Acre plain.

Miramare Park, which at one time had no vegetation, and has now a surface area of, stands on a rocky promontory overlooking the Adriatic Sea.

The tooth of Man is a large rocky outcropping overlooking the town.

Coal Skinks ' habitat may also include areas around springs and rocky bluffs overlooking creek valleys.

The site, on a natural rocky outcrop at the northern edge of Avignon, overlooking the river Rhône, was that of the old episcopal palace of the bishops of Avignon.

It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.

It is located on a rocky ridge overlooking a natural harbor overlooking Nkhotakota Bay, formed by a sandbar.

The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.

The official founding of Caccamo was not until 1093, when the Normans began building the castle on a rocky spur overlooking a cliff.

Tynemouth Castle is located on a rocky headland ( known as Pen Bal Crag ), overlooking Tynemouth Pier ().

The fort was situated on rocky outcrop overlooking the new bridge, on the site of the later Norman castle.

Jvari Monastery stands on the rocky mountaintop at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, overlooking the town of Mtskheta, which was formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia.

The Roman citadel, on a rocky spur overlooking the Cousin valley, has been Christianized as Montmartre (" Mount of the Martyrs ").

It is doubtful that the castle would have originally been built as a hunting lodge, as it is in a very fine defensive position built upon a sheer rocky outcrop overlooking the sea on three sides.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

Luxembourg's fortress, located on a rocky outcrop known as the Bock, was steadily enlarged and strengthened over the years by successive owners, among others the Bourbons, Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns, which made it one of the strongest fortresses on the European continent.

The Longships, a group of rocky islets are just over a mile offshore of Land's End, and the Isles of Scilly lie approximately southwest – the mythical lost land of Lyonesse ( referred to in Arthurian literature ) was supposedly located between Scilly and the mainland.

It is also worth mentioning that another castle, Angelokastro ( Greek: Αγγελόκαστρο meaning Angelo's Castle and named for its Byzantine owner Angelos Komnenos ), situated on the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa ( Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Old Castle place ) and located on particularly steep and rocky terrain, a tourist attraction today, also held out.

A Goliath Heronry is located on a rocky islet in the lake known as Gibraltar.

While the Rotu beach was rocky had little food on-land to offer other than coconut and taro, the tribe had their own waterfall located in close vicinity to their beach.

A small rocky island, appropriately named Kamen Opasnosti ( Russian for " Rock of Danger ") is located in the Russian waters in the northeastern part of the strait.

The Perejil Island ( Berber: Tura,, ) is a small, uninhabited rocky islet located in the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar, 200 meters from the Moroccan coast.

Haralanvuori, or Haralanharju, located in Suinula, northern Kangasala, instead is a rocky hill despite its second name.

The necropolis is located on a rocky ridge across the Kidron Valley from the city.

San Lorenzo is a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea, positioned in the relative vicinity of Puerto Rico.

It is located on a rocky ridge overhanging the river Maine.

Another famous chateau in the Ariège is Montségur, located on a rocky outcrop at a height of 1200 metres ( 3, 900 ft ).

Williamson County ( sometimes abbreviated as " Wilco ") is a county located on both the Edwards Plateau to the west, consisting of rocky terrain and hills, and Blackland Prairies in the east consisting of rich, fertile farming land.

It is located beside the Moose Creek Bluff, which is a medium size hill with a rocky cliff facing the Richardson Highway.

Partille is located in a valley, between some mountains in a rocky terrain.

The-area is located on a rocky plateau exposed by the Bretz Floods and now named after the camas which bloom there in spring ; it hosts about 300 other species, including the white rock larkspur, a species located in only a half dozen other places in the world.

Caballo Island ( which means in Spanish: Horse island ) is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines.

Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley, surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting.

al-Ruways () was a Palestinian Arab village of 330 on a rocky hill located southeast of Acre and south of al-Damun.

The village was located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, on a rocky hill about 5 km south of the Lebanese border.

The road is apparently rough — maybe rocky — but the trail has been located.