Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: landslip

The dramatic landslipped towers of Chalk at Hooken Cliff, viewed westwards from Beer Head, Devon. The photo is a panorama compiled from three portrait format shots.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. This is a section of the old A625 Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith road at the foot of Mam Tor in the Peak District. The road was built across an extensive active landslip area and was in constant need of repair. The photo shows the repetitive layers of successive repairs made to this section. The road was finally closed in 1979. The landslip first formed about 3000 years BP, on an oversteepened slope left after Devensian periglacial period. There is an 80 m high back scar in formed in the Mam Tor Beds. The toe of the landslip is still active today, moving at up to 2 metres per year in places.

Remains of the A625 road on the Mam Tor landslip, Derbyshire. This is a section of the old A625 Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith road at the foot of Mam Tor in the Peak District. The road was built across an extensive active landslip area and was in constant need of repair. The photo shows the repetitive layers of successive repairs made to this section. The road was finally closed in 1979. The landslip first formed about 3000 years BP, on an oversteepened slope left after Devensian. There is an 80 m high back scar in formed in the Mam Tor Beds. The toe of the landslip is still active today, moving at up to 2 metres per year in places. Photo taken in October 1999

This is a section of the old A625 Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith road at the foot of Mam Tor in the Peak District. The road was built across an extensive active landslip area and was in constant need of repair. The photo shows the repetitive layers of successive repairs made to this section. The road was finally closed in 1979. The landslip first formed about 3000 years BP, on an oversteepened slope left after Devensian. There is an 80 m high back scar in formed in the Mam Tor Beds. The the toe of the landslip is still active today, moving at up to 2 metres per year in places.

This is a section of the old A625 Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith road at the foot of Mam Tor in the Peak District. The road was built across an extensive active landslip area and was in constant need of repair. It was finally closed in 1979. The landslip first formed about 3000 years BP, on an oversteepened slope left after Devensian. There is an 80 m high back scar in formed in the Mam Tor Beds. The the toe of the landslip is still active today, moving at up to 2 metres per year in places.

Castleton and the Lafarge cement works at Hope viewed from the old A625 road on the Mam Tor landslip, Derbyshire. This is a section of the old A625 Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith road at the foot of Mam Tor in the Peak District. The road was built across an extensive active landslip area and was in constant need of repair. It was finally closed in 1979. The landslip first formed about 3000 years BP, on an oversteepened slope left after Devensian. There is an 80 m high back scar in formed in the Mam Tor Beds. The the toe of the landslip is still active today, moving at up to 2 metres per year in places.

Back Tor is a prominent landslip back scarp on the Mam Tor - Lose Hill ridge, in the Peak District National Park. Viewed from the old A625 road near Treak Cliff.

The Mam Tor - Lose Hill ridge, viewed from the summit of Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park.

The Mam Tor - Lose Hill ridge in the Peak District National Park.

Taking this was a bit scary as I was standing on damp, slippery, steep grass which sloped down to end a few metres away in the sheer drop of the back scar of the Mam Tor landslip.

View west from the summit of Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park. Huge landslip area in the illuminated part.