knoll
Small rounded elevation
A knoll is a small, rounded hill or mound—gentler and lower than what you'd call a hill proper.
The word appears often in pastoral or literary contexts: a grassy knoll, picnicking on the knoll.
It gained lasting notoriety from the "grassy knoll" in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, where some believe a second gunman fired during the Kennedy assassination.
Minor land elevation
- hummockLow earthen mound
- moundHeaped earth formation
- riseMove to higher position
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
summit · crest · tor · drumlin · knob · butte · fell · downs
Streamlined glacial hill
- eskerSerpentine glacial gravel deposit
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- tumulusAncient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
dune · outcrop · ridge · mesa · butte · pinnacle · plateau · bluff
Ancient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- burial moundEarth piled over graves
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
ancient · neolithic · chambered · dolmen · henge · monument · archaeology · excavation
Grassy field for grazing
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- leaGrassy open land
- swardGrassy ground surface
- greenswardGrassy ground covering
turf · heath · down · field · prairie · glade · clearing · grassy
Dallas assassination site
- JFK35th president's monogram
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- vantage pointPosition offering clear sightlines
gunman · shooter · elevated · overlooking · witness · infamous · historical · Dallas
hillock
Minor land elevation
slope · summit · crest · tor · drumlin · knob · butte · fell · downs · kopje
drumlin
Streamlined glacial hill
- eskerSerpentine glacial gravel deposit
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- tumulusAncient burial mound
barrow · dune · outcrop · ridge · mesa · butte · pinnacle · plateau · bluff · promontory
tumulus
Ancient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- burial moundEarth piled over graves
earthwork · ancient · neolithic · chambered · dolmen · henge · monument · archaeology · excavation · ceremonial
meadow
Grassy field for grazing
greensward · turf · heath · down · field · prairie · glade · clearing · grassy · verdant
Dealey Plaza
Dallas assassination site
- JFK35th president's monogram
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
vantage point · gunman · shooter · elevated · overlooking · witness · infamous · historical · Dallas · memorial
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- hillshill, hillock, hilltop, hillside, mound
- Moundsant mound, anthill, burial mound, cairn, dirt pile
- terrainhill, mountain, valley, peak, slope
- terrain classificationsmountain, valley, plain, plateau, hill