Merryton Low
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox mountain Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
The hill is 489m / 1604 ft ASL and forms part of the White Peak and is within the Peak District National Park[1][2]
The parent peak is Shining Tor and it ranks as the 6366th highest peak in the British Isles and the 729th tallest in England[3]
There are two bowl barrows on the hill: Merryton Low bowl barrow, a scheduled monument is at the summit, and another scheduled barrow lies 700m to the south.[4][5]
The summit trig point is grade II listed as it carries a plaque commemorating four members of the local Home Guard who died on active service in the regular army during World War II.[6][7] The hill was the site of two fatal air crashes during World War II: a Short Stirling crashed on 13 July 1942 with eight deaths,[8][9] and a Hawker Hurricane on 27 July 1944 with one death.[10][11]
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References
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- ↑ Hill Bagging: The online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills
- ↑ Go4awalk: Blake Mere (Merryton Low) Trig Point
- ↑ The Mountain Guide
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