Grid reference SK1383
near to Castleton, Derbyshire, England
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Blue John Stone
The Blue John Stone is only found in the one hillside at the Treak Cliff Cavern near Castleton. There are a number of seams of the stone and the pillar pictured contains one of the major deposits.
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Road over Mam Tor
What is left of the road clings dramatically to the hillside.
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Treak Cliff Cavern
Underground in the cavern.
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Hope valley from Blue John Caverns
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Old Milepost by the track of the former A625
Cast iron post by the UC road, in parish of CASTLETON (HIGH PEAK District), Buxton Road; on abandoned portion of A625, East of Mam Tor, in grass behind wire fence, on West side of road. Heart scroll iron casting, erected by the Sheffield... (more)
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Treak Cliff with Cavern Entrance
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Pedestrians only
The former A625 over Mam Tor, finally closed to road traffic in 1979.
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Mam Tor landslip
The former main road is steadily slipping down the hillside.
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On the path from Odin mine to Mam Farm near Castleton
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Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s
Cyclists negotiating the old A625 over Little Mam Tor that was closed to motor traffic in the late 1970s due to a landslip.
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Collapsed Road, Little Mam Tor, Castleton, Peak District
Many attempts to build a road on this "discontinuity" has resulted in disaster.
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Ore crushing site, Odin Mine
The circle here is the site of the ore crushing machinery at the Odin mine.
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