Mount Famine
53°21′40″N 1°55′02″W / 53.36111°N 1.91722°W / 53.36111; -1.91722
Mount Famine is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The summit is 473 metres (1,552 ft) above sea level.[1] The hill's name originates from the period of the inclosure acts (from the late 18th century) when tenant farmers struggled to make a living from poor farming land.[2]
A round Bronze Age burial mound on the west side of the hill is about 20 metres (66 ft) wide. It was identified by J Barnatt in 2014.[3]
The hilltop area was acquired by the National Trust in 2006 and is designated as access land for the public.[4][5]
The Pennine Bridleway runs along the south and west sides of Mount Famine.[5] Since 2005, there has been an annual fell race each May from Hayfield around Mount Famine and South Head.[6]
Mount Famine is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.[7]
References
- ^ "Mount Famine". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "How to be a Historical Landscape Detective". Chalke Valley History Festival. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Monument record MDR15010 - Round barrow, Mount Famine, Hayfield". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Our land History: Land at Coldwell Clough, Kinder". National Trust Land Map. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ a b OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
- ^ "Hayfield Fell Races - Archive". www.t42.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Gough, Julie (7 May 2021). "Our Peak District hill walking challenge: climbing the 95 'Ethels'". CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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