{{Short description|Hill near York, North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Coord|53.950|-1.052|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}} right|thumbnail|300px|The water tower on top of Siward's Howe bottom|thumbnail|320px|Siwards Howe from the campus, 1978 '''Siward's Howe''', sometimes written ''Siwards How'' and also known as '''Heslington Hill''' or '''Bunny Hill''', is a terminal moraine located to the south-east of the city of York. The howe is situated north west of the Morrell Library building of the University of York. The southern side of the howe is part of Alcuin College of the University of York. Its imposing water tower is visible from many parts of the nearby suburbs of Tang Hall and Osbaldwick.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1015690 |desc=Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill |date= January 1997 |accessdate= 1 May 2018}}</ref>
Howe, when derived from the Old Norse: ''haugr'', means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. Siward's Howe is named for Siward, Earl of Northumbria, the 11th-century Danish warrior. He was romanticised in the William Shakespeare play, ''Macbeth''. Siward died at York during 1055 and is rumoured to have been buried beneath the tumuli at the wooded summit.<ref>Eric Partridge (1977)'' Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (Routledge) {{ISBN|0203421140}}</ref><ref>Archaeological Evaluation. Heslington Hill. Heslington York. (University of York. January 1997) </ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==Other sources== *Aird, William M. (2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25652 ''Siward, earl of Northumbria (d. 1055), magnate''] (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
Category:University of York sites Category:Moraines of Europe Category:Geography of York Category:Mountains and hills of North Yorkshire Category:Scheduled monuments in York
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