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cairn
thumb|upright=1.2|A cairn a mile east of Nine Standards Rigg in the Yorkshire Dales.
Silbury Hill
monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village, Wiltshire, England, UK
spoil tip
pile built of accumulated spoil
Monte Testaccio
Artificial mountain made from broken Roman pottery
artificial dwelling hill
thumb|Terp on the hallig of Hooge thumb|Halligwarft während einer Sturmflut, "Hallig terp during a storm tide"; a dramatic 1906 illustration thumb|1862 illustration thumb|Westerwerft on Hooge, Germany|Hallig Hooge thumb|Hallig Gröde from the East, showing the Kirchwarft and the Knudswarft (mouseover markings) thumb|On Hamburger Hallig A terp, also known as a wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt or værft, is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding. The various t
ovoo
300px|thumb|Ovoo in the Gobi Desert|Gobi desert, Dornogovi, Mongolia Ovoo, oboo, or obo (, , , , Traditional Mongol: , 'heap'; Chinese: 敖包 áobāo, lit. 'magnificent bundle' [i.e. 'shrine']) are cairns used as border markers or shrines in Mongolian folk religious practice and in the religion of other Mongolic peoples. While some ovoos simply consist of a mound of stones, most have branches and khadag stuck into them. In the absence of stones, ovoos can be made entirely of branches, or even soil or sand.
Teufelsberg
Teufelsberg (; German for ''Devil's Hill'') is a non-natural hill in Berlin, Germany, in the Grunewald locality of former West Berlin. It rises about above the surrounding Teltow plateau and above the sea level, in the north of Berlin's Grunewald Forest. It was named after the Teufelssee (Devil's Lake) in its southerly vicinity. The hill is made of debris and rubble, and covers an unfinished Nazi military-technical college (Wehrtechnische Fakultät). During the Cold War, there was a U.S. listening station on the hill, Field Station Berlin. The site of the former field station is now fenced off
Kościuszko Mound
tumulus in Kraków, Poland, finished in 1823
Lion's Mound
war memorial to the Battle of Waterloo in Braine-l'Alleud, Wallonia, Belgium
Mount Tenpō
mountain in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
clearance cairn
mound of stones cleared from an agricultural field
Monte Kaolino
mountain in Germany
Monte Kali
potash spoil tip in Heringen, Hesse, Germany
Fockeberg
Fockeberg is a Schuttberg in the southern part of Leipzig, Saxony, southeastern Germany, and is actually a pile of rubble left over from the Bombing of Leipzig in World War II. Today it is a wooded hill which overlooks the Südvorstadt and the city center of Leipzig from the height of on one side and the Leipzig Riverside Forest on the other.
Grüner Heiner
mountain
Schuttberg
right|thumb|300px|Olympiaberg in Olympiapark, Munich|Olympiapark, [[Munich]] right|thumb|300px|View from top of Birkenkopf in [[Stuttgart]] right|thumb|300px|The Grüner Heiner in [[Stuttgart-Weilimdorf]] right|thumb|300px|The Teufelsberg in [[Berlin]] right|thumb|300px|The Humboldthöhe in [[Berlin]] right|thumb|300px|The Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg (Oderbruchkippe) in Berlin
Malminkartanonhuippu
thumb|right|An arrow pointing towards the top of the hill. Malminkartanonhuippu (, ) is an artificial hill in the district of Malminkartano in Helsinki, Finland. It is located near to the Vihti Road and the Myyrmäki district of Vantaa. With a height of approximately 90 meters above sea level, it is the highest point in the city of Helsinki. The view from the top gives an uninterrupted 360° panorama in all directions, for those who have climbed the 347 steps.
Fröttmaninger Berg
mountain
Tall Sulaymānī
mountain in Syria
Monte Stella
schuttberg in Milan, Italy