Giant's Grave

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Giant's Grave by Colin Bell as part of the Geograph project.

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Giant's Grave

Image: © Colin Bell Taken: 1 Apr 2008

According to tradition, the giant Magog (associated with the Gog Magog hills a few miles south) is buried on the island in the pool here. The spring feeding this pool provided the water supply for Cherry Hinton, and later for much of Cambridge.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.184242
Longitude
0.170705