Sir William Hill and Eyam Moor

Eyam Moor is a good location to view the gritstone edges to the east of the Derwent Valley - from High Neb on Stanage Edge in the north down to Baslow Edge in the south. All the main edges visible in this photo are comprised of a single gritstone unit - the Chatsworth Grit (a.k.a Rivelin Grit) in the 'Millstone Grit' group (Namurian). Faulting has fractured the gritstone into discrete 'slabs' each with it's own elevation and dip direction. This accounts for the different sections of the edges - e.g. Higger Tor, Millstone Edge, Burbage Edge, etc. This photo is comprised of 10 portrait-style photos joined together using Canon's 'Photostitch software, with some subsequent Photoshop cloning of the sky portion of the photo in order to give sufficient sky coverage along the length of the panorama.

Eyam Moor is a good location to view the gritstone edges to the east of the Derwent Valley - from High Neb on Stanage Edge in the north down to Baslow Edge in the south. All the main edges visible in this photo are comprised of a single gritstone unit - the Chatsworth Grit (a.k.a Rivelin Grit) in the 'Millstone Grit' group (Namurian). Faulting has fractured the gritstone into discrete 'slabs' each with it's own elevation and dip direction. This accounts for the different sections of the edges - e.g. Higger Tor, Millstone Edge, Burbage Edge, etc. This photo is comprised of 10 portrait-style photos joined together using Canon's 'Photostitch software, with some subsequent Photoshop cloning of the sky portion of the photo in order to give sufficient sky coverage along the length of the panorama. The vertical scale has been exaggerated x 2 in order to bring out the various faulted sections of the gritstone edges. The visible features L-R are: Higger Tor, Millstone Edge (part-quarried), Millstone Edge (eastern part - upfaulted, with the gritstone tors of Over Owler Tor and Mother Cap Stone) and Burbage Edge, southern part.

This chap was on the lower slopes of Sir William Hill just above Grindleford village in the Peak District.

A view of Millstone Edge from the Sir William Hill road just above Grindleford village in the Peak District. In the shade, the rocks and trees gave rise to a sepia-like feel to the landscape, contrasting with the snowy fields. I liked the delicate transparency of the bare winter trees. In the summer time it looks like this: www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023400

A view of Padley village from the Sir William Hill road just above Grindleford village in the Peak District. In the shade, the rocks and trees gave rise to a sepia-like feel to the landscape, contrasting with the snowy fields. I liked the delicate transparency of the bare winter trees.

A view of the Padley Incline from the Sir William Hill road just above Grindleford village in the Peak District. In the shade, the rocks and trees gave rise to a sepia-like feel to the landscape, contrasting with the snowy fields. I liked the delicate transparency of the bare winter trees. The Padley Incline was used to transport stone down from the Bole Hill quarries (hidden in the birch trees in the upper left) down to the main line railway at its foot. The stone was used in the construction of the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden dams in the early years of the 20th century. A contemporary photo of the incline: www.urbanghostsmedia.com/home/twamoran/urbanghostsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bamford-and-howden-railway-7.jpg Padley Chapel is visible in the lower right.

A winter scene on the easterly flank of Sir William Hill in the Peak District. The chimney marks the location of the old Ladywash lead mine.

The title says it all, really. View south from the eastern flank of Sir William Hill in the Peak District.

White Edge viewed from Eyam Moor. The Edge is comprised of Crawshaw Sandstone, mostly a coarse sandstone or gritstone very much like the underlying 'Millstone Grit' gritstone horizons, but this is stratigraphically in the basal Coal Measures. The old quarries just left of centre worked the Rough Rock, the stratigraphically highest sandstone in the 'Millstone Grit' (Namurian). The building towards the upper left is White Edge Lodge, formerly a gamekeeper's house on the Longshaw Estate. Now owned by the National Trust and let as a holiday cottage. A stunning location.