 The feature forms a narrow elevated stretch of land between the canal (this section of navigation is known as Manisty cutting) and the river.Mount Manisty takes its name from the departmental engineer who was in charge of construction of this section, Edward Manisty, the second son of Sir Henry Manisty, one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.The mound, which is described as a "striking feature" and a "considerable elevation", is also reportedly "bleak and pock-marked with rabbit holes".