| Mam Tor | |
|---|---|
 Mam Tor, July 2011 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 517 m (1,696 ft) |
| Prominence | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Parent peak | Kinder Scout |
| Listing | Dewey |
| Coordinates | 53°20′57″N 1°48′38″W / 53.34914°N 1.81069°W |
| Geography | |
  Mam Tor Location in the Peak District  Mam Tor Location in Derbyshire | |
| Location | Derbyshire, England |
| Parent range | Peak District |
| OS grid | SK127836 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer OL1 OS Landranger 110 |
Mam Tor is a 517 m (1,696 ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill",[1] so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it.[2] These landslips, which are caused by unstable lower layers of shale, also give the hill its alternative name of Shivering Mountain.[3]
In 1979, the continual battle to maintain the A625 road (Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith) on the crumbling eastern side of the hill was lost when the road officially closed as a through-route, with the Fox House to Castleton section of the road being re-designated as the A6187.
The hill is crowned by a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hill fort, and two Bronze Age bowl barrows.[4] At the base of the Tor and nearby are four show caves: Blue John Cavern, Speedwell Cavern, Peak Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern where lead, Blue John, fluorspar and other minerals were once mined. Mam Tor was declared to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak by Thomas Hobbes in his 1636 book De Mirabilibus Pecci.[5]
Simon Jenkins rates the panorama from Kinder Scout to Stanage Edge as one of the top ten in England.[6]
- ^ "Mam Tor (Shivering Mountain)". Peak Hideaways. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Mam Tor". National Trust. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Natural Curiosities of Derbyshire, in: The Every-day Book and Table Book; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac, Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communication, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion. Vol III., ed. William Hone, (London: 1838) p 11–16. Retrieved on 24 June 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "Slight univallate hillfort and two bowl barrows on Mam Tor (1011206)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "De Mirabilibus Pecci: Being the Wonders of the Peak in Darby-shire". www.wondersofthepeak.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Jenkins, Simon (28 September 2013). "Our glorious land in peril". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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