A monticule is a small hill. Sounds rather friendly, doesn't it? The sort of place you'd walk up to enjoy a picnic involving ginger beer and home made cake. A monticule can also be a mini mound caused by a volcano.
Here's the view from a hill (quite a big one) I climbed up last summer. Recognise it?
Clue ... instead of climbing up, you could just swan about down the bottom.
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That's a new word for me. It does have a pleasant feel to it, doesn't it?
I'll bet that was a great clue...if I wasn't a clueless American ;)
It does, Beatrice.
It's a great clue if you already know the area, Mac. Otherwise it's probably no help at all.
I've never heard that word before, Patsy - we live and learn! I've never been - but is the photo Swansea?
If a monticule is a small hill, then what is a miniscule? Beautiful hill, and I would guess Swansea, but have never been.
Very interesting word. Never heard of it before. :-)
Lovely word! Is the place Swanage, Dorset?
A new word for me, too, Patsy. Keep them coming! :-)
I think, Swanage, same as lovely Christine above. Smashing views, and monticule sounds like the name of the giant mole who created the hill.
Monticule? All right.
Essex also is very flat. Monticules only.
No, but good guess, Rosemary.
Aaaaw, nect time I see a small bump in the grass I'm going to go and climb that minuscule, Maggie.
Neither had I until I came to do this post, Misha.
That's close, Christine.
Luckily there are lots of words, Jan!
Monticule mole would make a lovely character for a children's book, Suzy. You've almost made me wish I wrote for children.
You seem sceptical, Oscar. I know I make a lot of stuff, but I nearly always use real words to do it.
Yes, it's flat there, Charlie.
In case anyone is desperate to know ... the building you can see in the centre is St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury (where there's a hug swannery)
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