Higger Tor Explained

Higger Tor
Photo Size:200
Elevation M:434
Map:United Kingdom Peak District#United Kingdom South Yorkshire
Map Size:200
Location:Peak District,
Coordinates:53.3338°N -1.6183°W
Grid Ref Uk:SK 254 819
Topo:OS Landranger 110

Higger Tor or Higgar Tor is a gritstone tor in the Dark Peak, in the north of the Peak District National Park in England. It overlooks the Burbage Valley and the Iron Age hill fort of Carl Wark[1] to the southeast.

The tor stands to the south west of Sheffield, just within the city boundary, about 200m (700feet) east of the border with Derbyshire, which runs along the nearby road to Ringinglow. The village of Hathersage is approximately to the west.

A scene from the 1987 film The Princess Bride was filmed nearby at Carl Wark with Higger Tor visible in the background.[2]

An Ethel

It is one of 95 Ethels in the Peak District named after English environmental campaigner and a pioneer of the countryside movement Ethel Haythornthwaite.[3]

It is the closest Ethel to the Longshaw Estate.

References

  1. News: Carl Wark Iron Age fort near Hathersage, Derbyshire . 4 October 2013.
  2. Web site: 'The Princess Bride': 10 INCONCEIVABLE facts from the Academy's live-commentary screening . 4 October 2013 . Entertainment Weekly . 1 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140901033824/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/16/princess-bride-live-commentary-reiner-reitman-academy/10/.
  3. Web site: Hills in Peak District named after Sheffield-born woman. 11 May 2021. BBC News. 16 February 2024.