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An ancient road, possibly prehistoric or Roman, the Derbyshire Portway (also known as Old Manchester Lane and The Chariot Way) passed close to the outcrop. [2] Nearby is Nine Stones Close , a four-stone circle, [ 3 ] and, at Cratcliffe Tor, a rock shelter known as the Hermit 's Cave, containing a crucifix carving dated stylistically to the 13th ...
This unusual jagged outcrop of dolomitic limestone offers interesting buttresses, arêtes and pinnacles for rock climbing (and some easy bouldering) with over 100 graded routes. [ 9 ] Nearby Rainster Rocks is another dolomitic limestone crag and is the site of a Romano-British settlement and field system from the 3rd century.
5. Bounce House Family Entertainment Center. Bounce House Family Entertainment Center may be geared toward kids, but the whole family can get in on the fun. Aside from the massive bounce houses ...
The attraction towards Middleton becoming a village had much to do with the fact that it is one of the few Derbyshire villages in the limestone area that has a ‘perched’ water table due to the impervious volcanic rock and shale formations within its topology. The availability of water was the incentive behind it becoming a choice of settlement.
Derwent Edge has several examples of unusually shaped gritstone tors that have been formed by the actions of wind, rain, and frost over many centuries. These tors have been named over the years by local residents and have now been officially titled on Ordnance Survey maps. These include the Cakes of Bread, the Coach and Horses, and the Salt Cellar.
These Derbyshire based aricles need photos adding to them. Pages in category "Derbyshire articles needing maps" The following 138 pages are in this category, out of ...
Alsop en le Dale church Bugsworth Basin Buxton, The Crescent Charlesworth church Chesterfield's 'Crooked Spire' Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site The Vale of Edale Eyam Hall and stocks Glossop, Henry Street Hayfield Well Dressing Longdendale from Woodhead New Mills, Torr Vale Mill Riber Castle River Derwent, south of Duffield River Goyt River Lathkill South Wingfield church Swanwick Hall