Toiling up a steep grassy spur he entered heavy cloud, and it began to rain.

Cuenca is located across a steep spur, whose slopes descend into deep gorges of the Júcar and Huécar rivers.

It was a steep spur, however, and the road had been forced to switchback all the way down, to keep the grade within reason.

Often a steep spur was used, where only part of the circumference had to be fortified.

The castle was located on a steep spur of ground, over looking the Chew Valley, with two valleys, called coombes, dropping away on either side of the spur.

The fort is built on the top of a steep and treeless spur of the Sahyadris, 2457 feet high, and is reached by a narrow and rugged path about two miles long.

Sardis was situated in the middle of Hermus valley, at the foot of Mount Tmolus, a steep and lofty spur which formed the citadel.

Because it is perched on a steep spur that rises 245 feet above the city, it is both cooler and less crowded than the rest of the capital.

For the Besakih route proceed through the temple complex then continue on a path that travels continuously upwards on a steep narrow spur through open forest and jungle most of the way.

Built on a steep spur along the Loire, the 15th-century fortress admired by Leonardo da Vinci was largely destroyed in the 17th century and in the early 19th.