Brown Edge quarries

High above the western side of Sheffield, near Ringinglow, and just inside the Peak District National Park, is an extensive area of abandoned quarries where the Rough Rock (an extensive and persistant sandstone at the top of the 'Millstone Grit') was formerly worked, possibly for roofing flags.

On this particular sunny day, I was struck by the patterns of light and dark made by the bright green bilberry and dark brown/green heather which have grown prolifically over the heaps of sandstone debris. The Ox Stones are just visible on the skyline.

Best viewed large.