Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Mam Tor

View westerly from the north end of Higger Tor towards Hope Valley, Mam Tor and Rushup Edge.

View westerly from the north end of Higger Tor towards Hope Valley, Mam Tor and Rushup Edge. The x2 vertical exaggeration brings out the geological and geomorphological features in the landscape.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. Along the western flank of Mam Tor and Rushup Edge are a series of sink holes where surface waters and streams flowing off the relatively low-permeability Mam Tor Beds and Edale Shales encounter the underlying Carboniferous Limestone. This one is near the old Windy Knoll Quarry. The water disappears underground and flows through an extensive network of cave passages before emerging at Peak Cavern and Russet Well in Castleton.

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.

View west from Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park. I was intrigued by the textures on the north flank of Rushup edge lit up fleetingly by the evening sunlight.

Momentary evening sunshine breaks through the gloom to light up the Vale of Edale in the Peak District National Park. Viewed from the Mam Tor - Hollins Cross ridge.

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 east from the top of Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park.

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

Just a single sunbeam emerging from the gloom, lighting up the north flank of Lord's Seat in the Vale of Edale in the Peak District National Park.

A rare patch of evening sun illuminates the limestone scenery south of Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park.

The upper portion of Winnats Pass viewed from the summit of Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park.