Walks in the Ancient Peak District

by RobertHarris (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $15.44

  Discover the secrets of this ancient landscape! Here is a collection of walks visiting the well-known and hard-to-find prehistoric monuments and sites of the Peak District. Divided into four sections, this book includes - the White Peak with its familiar limestone plateau and deep-cut dales, and the high gritstone moorland of the Dark Peak, and the Western, and Eastern Moors. All walks are circular, from 4 to 10 miles, starting and finishing in a Peak District town or village. Visit stone circles, standing stones and burial mounds scattered across the spectacular landscape, secret tombs hidden away in deep valleys, and ancient settlements and forts perched high on isolated hills. It varies in difficulty from quiet lanes and well-marked footpaths to more demanding climbs up to the mysterious bleak heaths and rocky edges of the higher moors. It provides all worthwhile walks in themselves but with added interest in the historical details Robert Harris has unearthed.