| Merryton Low | |
| Elevation M: | 489 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence: | 53.0 m (174 ft) |
| Parent Peak: | Shining Tor |
| Listing: | TuMP (400-499m), Clem (Tu,4,Cm) |
| Location: | Staffordshire, England |
| Range: | Peak District |
| Map: | United Kingdom Peak District#United Kingdom Staffordshire |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 53.1459°N -1.9395°W |
| Grid Ref Uk: | SJ994737 |
| Topo: | OS (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24W |
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[2] [3]
The parent peak is Shining Tor and it ranks as the 6366th highest peak in the British Isles and the 729th tallest in England[4]
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.[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] 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,[7] [8] and a Hawker Hurricane on 27 July 1944 with one death.[9] [10]
The River Hamps rises on its southern slopes.