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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Margery Hill
| photo = Margery_Hill_cairn.jpg
| photo_caption = Margery Hill cairn
| elevation_m = 546
| elevation_ref = <ref name=hb>{{citation |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=19131 |title=Margery Hill |work=hill-bagging.co.uk |accessdate= 11 March 2016}}</ref>
| prominence = 19 m
| prominence_ref = <ref name=hb/>
| parent_peak = [[Kinder Scout]]
| location = [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]]
| range = [[Peak District]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4576|N|1.7167|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SK 189 956
| map = United Kingdom Peak District#United Kingdom South Yorkshire
| map_caption = Location in the Peak District##Location in South Yorkshire
| map_size = 200
| label_position = left###right
}}
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'''Margery Hill''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑr|ɡ|ər|i}} is a {{convert|546|m|ft|adj=on}} [[hill]] on the Howden Moors in [[South Yorkshire]], England. It lies towards the northern boundary of the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]], between [[Langsett Reservoir]] to the northeast and [[Howden Reservoir]] to the southwest. The area is managed by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] as part of their [[High Peak Estate]].

[[Peat]] near the summit [[cairn]] has been dated to a uniform age of about 3,500 years old, indicating that it was constructed rather than natural;<ref>{{citation |title=Margery Hill Cairn (notice; viewed 18 June 2006)|publisher=High Peak Estate, The National Trust}}</ref> it is believed to have been part of a [[Bronze Age]] [[burial mound]].<ref name=scheduled /> The area has been designated a [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]] by [[English Heritage]].<ref name=scheduled>{{NHLE |num=1020415 |desc=Round cairn 200m west of Margery Hill triangulation pillar | |accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref>

Margery Hill is the highest marked point within the boundaries of the [[City of Sheffield]]. The land rises slightly to {{convert|550|m|ft}} about {{convert|1.5|km|mi|sigfig=1|order=flip}} to the south, near [[High Stones]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012232222/http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/ArchRev/rev94_5/margery.htm The Central Archaeology Service, fieldwork projects: Margery Hill, South Yorkshire]

{{Peaks of the Peak District}}

[[Category:Mountains and hills of the Peak District]]
[[Category:National Trust properties in South Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Hills and edges of South Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Geography of Sheffield]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in South Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in South Yorkshire]]

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