Stanage Edge and Cattis Side Moor

A late afternoon view from Long Causeway south-east over the southern part of Stanage Edge and Cattis Side Moor, on the ascent to High Neb from Dennis Knoll.

Stanage Edge is comprised of Rivelin Grit (aka Chatsworth Grit), Namurian age, Upper Carboniferous. The coarse-grained gritstone was deposited in a series of delta distributary channels. The gritstone is normally strongly cross-bedded.

The stepped dip-and-scarp topography in the photo is due to the alternations of relatively hard and soft rocks, the strong gritstones forming the edges and steep scarp slopes, with softer shales forming the vales in between.

I am pleased with this photo; one of my personal favourites.