Mount Manisty

Mount Manisty is a large uninhabited man-made hillock located between the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, England.

[1] The mound, which is 100 feet (30 m) tall,[2] was created from earth excavated during the building of the ship canal between Eastham and Ellesmere Port in the late 19th century.

[3] The feature forms a narrow elevated stretch of land between the canal (this section of navigation is known as Manisty cutting) and the river.

[5] The mound, which is described as a "striking feature" and a "considerable elevation",[6][7] is also reportedly "bleak and pock-marked with rabbit holes".

[3] After Mount Manisty, the ship canal crosses the Frodsham marshes towards the Weaver Sluices and Runcorn.