About this Event
This very enjoyable and rewarding walk only requires the minimum of effort yet still manages to provide a rich diversity of scenery.
At the start of the walk, there are views over the rooftops of the houses in Birchover, leading to the isolated, bracken covered gritstone plateau of Stanton Moor, and then the magnificent views across the surrounding countryside as you walk round the edge of the moor.
Stanton Moor attracts considerable interest because of the remarkable amount of prehistoric remains that have been found. Last century, the Heathcote family of Birchover, excavated in excess of 70 burial mounds on the moor.
The most famous of the Bronze Age relics on the moor are The Nine Ladies Stone Circle. Legend has it that the nine ladies danced here on the Sabbath Day and were turned to stone as a punishment, along with the fiddler who stands nearby.
A construction of more recent vintage, on the edge of the moor, is the Earl Grey Tower, which commemorates the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832 and was erected by the Thornhill family of Stanton-in-Peak.
Event Information
Walk Length: 3.00 mile(s)
Walk Difficulty: Easy
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