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promontory: noun
promontory: noun

promontory [ˈprɒməntəri, Am ˈprɑ:məntɔ:ri] N

promontory

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The mountains are a northwest-southeast trending series of rocky promontories, many capped by 540 million-year old granite. en.wikipedia.org

The western bank of the river was further dominated by a rocky promontory which could ensure a total control on the ford. en.wikipedia.org

The town is built on a limestone promontory of the same name. en.wikipedia.org

Large hill forts appeared on hill summits, and smaller promontory forts along the coastal cliffs, while large timber-framed roundhouses were built. en.wikipedia.org

The remains of a promontory dun and an anchorage can be seen. en.wikipedia.org

To the south-west, a massive curtain wall blocks off the end of the promontory, which forms the inner courtyard. en.wikipedia.org

The coast alternates between sandy beaches and rocky promontories and, in general, it offers little shelter for shipping. en.wikipedia.org

Ola hill (the fishermen call it more so) the front end of a promontory sticking out far in the pre-space. en.wikipedia.org

By 1307, and possibly as early as the 1260s, a castle had been constructed here, on a high defensible promontory surrounded by marshland. en.wikipedia.org

Heavily defended settlements on coastal and inland promontories were established. en.wikipedia.org

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