Shining Tor
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Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, England. The summit has an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.[1] It is in the Peak District, between the towns of Macclesfield in Cheshire and Buxton in Derbyshire, and is on the administrative boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire East. The hill is at the south end of a north-south moorland ridge, which also includes Cats Tor, Script error: No such module "convert". high. There is also another hill named Shining Tor, above Dovedale in Derbyshire, at grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates"..
Ascent
The hill offers many walking routes to the top, perhaps most commonly from the Upper Goyt Valley by Errwood reservoir, perhaps combined with a walk along the ridge north from Shining Tor over Cats Tor. It can also be gained with less climbing from the Cat and Fiddle Inn.
Views
As it is the highest point around (it is some Script error: No such module "convert". higher than the summit of Axe Edge Moor above Buxton), the views are pleasant, though the relatively flat uplands mean they are not extensive in all directions: the view to the southwest of the peak of Shutlingsloe above Wildboarclough is particularly notable, and in clear conditions Winter Hill near Bolton, the city of Manchester and much of the Cheshire Plain can be seen, including the radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Script error: No such module "convert". to the west. In very clear but not unusual conditions North Wales and even Snowdonia can be seen.[2] The hill is used by amateur radio operators for Summits On The Air activations (G/SP-004, 2 points).[3]
Geology
The north–south ridge of Shining Tor including the summit itself is formed from the Chatsworth Grit, a thick sandstone of Namurian age which occurs widely across the Peak District. The beds dip moderately steeply to the east into a north–south-aligned syncline known as the Goyt Trough. Shining Tor is thought to have stood above the ice sheet during the last ice age and so is free from glacial deposits. The eastern dipslope and shallower parts of its western flanks are covered by peat up to several metres deep.[4]
References
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- ↑ Summits on the Air - Shining Tor - G/SP-004
- ↑ British Geological Survey map sheet 111 'Buxton' & accompanying memoir
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