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A hillock or knoll is a small hill, [1] usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range. Hillocks are similar in their distribution and size to small mesas or buttes . This particular formation occurs often in Great Britain and China .
The axon hillock is a specialized part of the cell body (or soma) of a neuron that connects to the axon. It can be identified using light microscopy from its appearance and location in a neuron and from its sparse distribution of Nissl substance .
The hillock is situated 500 metres from the Sion railway station. [3] At the base of the hill is the Mumbai Circle office of the Archaeological Survey of India, [4] and a garden – the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyan. Nearby forts include the Riwa Fort and Sewri Fort.
In October 1854 the French attempted to capture the summit of the hillock with a coup de main but were repulsed with casualties of about 600 officers and men. [3] During the winter of 1854/55 the Russians built the Kamtschatka Redoubt on the summit of the Mamelon as part of a comprehensive defensive ring of double and in some parts triple lines ...
Knoll Camp, site of an Iron Age hill fort Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; Knoll Lake, Leonard Canyon, Arizona, United States; The Knoll, a knoll on Ross Island, near Antarctica
The fort is located in the centre of Namakkal town over a hillock made of single rock named Namagiri. [2] The fort is located on the top of the rock, 75 m (246 ft) tall. There is a Narasimha Murthy temple and a mosque that are located within the fort, both of which are popular tourist attractions of the town. [4]
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Caer Bach is a Welsh hillfort of indeterminate age, on a rounded hillock situated near the village of Rowen in Conwy County Borough, North Wales. Its name in English translates as 'Small Fort'; or alternatively 'Little Fortress'.