Gog Magog Downs
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The Gog Magog Downs (also known as the Gog Magog Hills or simply the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. The highest points are a point labelled on Ordnance Survey 1:25000 maps as "Telegraph Clump" - Grid reference at 75 m, and Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill, both at 74 m (243ft). The area is undefined but is roughly the elevated area lying north west of the 41 m col at Worsted Lodge - Grid reference .
Unlike the nearby hills of the Newmarket Ridge, which have steep sides but very flat tops, these hills have large drops between summits and as such have quite a distinctive appearance; Little Trees Hill looks particularly good from Sawston Head. The hills therefore have relatively high topographic prominence.
Other tops include: Limepit Hill 56 m ([507 551]) — Mag's Hill ([506 542]) — Copley Hill ([509 531]) — Meggs Hill ([513 524]) — Fox Hill ([480 531]) — Clarke's Hill ([472 534]) — White Hill ([466 538]).
See also
- Gog and Magog and Guildhall for the characters Gog and Magog. How their names came to be attached to these hills is unknown.
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