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View from Mam Tor summit 06 (by mirandaeostre)

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Castleton, Derbyshire

Paragliders take to the chilly skies over Mam Tor. Cold easterly winds made for perfect flying conditions (via The Guardian)

Mam Tor sunrise (by mirandaeostre)

Photographers on Mam Tor (by mirandaeostre)

A very wet Hollins Cross from Mam Tor (by mirandaeostre)

Mam Tor is a famous viewpoint and landmark, rearing up above the valleys of Hope and Edale. Known as the ‘shivering mountain’, it is comprised of shale and the east face is a dramatic and loose expanse of crumbling rock. The area below the face is constantly on the move and each period of heavy rain undermines the loose shale and causes it to slip further down the valley.

On the top of the hill was once a large Iron Age fort, and the fortifications can still be seen. The ramparts can be followed most of the way around the hilltop, and there are clear remains of two gateways on the paths leading from Mam Nick and from Hollins Cross.

The views from the summit of Mam Tor are superb, with a fine view of Edale and Kinder Scout to the north and the Hope valley to the east, and a splendid ridge leading from the summit down to Hollins Cross and along to Lose Hill.

Odin Mine & Mam Tor 2 (by mirandaeostre)

The Odin Mine is one of the oldest mines in England. The Romans mined lead ore - galena - here, in the foothills of the Celtic hillfort on Mam Tor 2000 years ago. It is now a protected archaeological site

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The Great Ridge in Winter by Paul Newcombe on Flickr.

Mam Tor on a wet winter day (by mirandaeostre)

Mam Tor is a famous viewpoint and landmark, rearing up above the valleys of Hope and Edale. Known as the ‘shivering mountain’, it is comprised of shale and the east face is a dramatic and loose expanse of crumbling rock. The area below the face is constantly on the move and each period of heavy rain undermines the loose shale and causes it to slip further down the valley. The former A625 main road from Stockport to Sheffield once went down this way but was swept away by a landslide in 1974 and has not been rebuilt.

On the top of the hill was a large Iron Age fort, and the fortifications can still be seen. However, the site was almost certainly occupied long before this. The trig point on the summit of the hill is placed on top of a tumulus which probably dates from the Bronze Age, and a bronze axehead has also been found here.

Mam Tor in autumn (by mirandaeostre)