Rushup Edge Explained

Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge)
Elevation M:550
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:62 m
Parent Peak:Kinder Scout
Map:United Kingdom Peak District#United Kingdom Derbyshire
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Listing:Dewey, TuMP
Location:Derbyshire, England
Range:Peak District
Grid Ref Uk:SK111834
Topo:OS Landranger 110

Rushup Edge is a ridge in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ridge's highest point is Lord's Seat at 5500NaN0, while Mam Tor lies beyond its eastern end, at the western end of the Great Ridge.

Lord's Seat is the site of a round barrow.[2]

Geology

Rushup Edge is part of the ridge which extends east to Mam Tor, Hollins Cross, Back Tor and Lose Hill, separating the Edale and Hope valleys. The ridge is formed of Namurian (c320mya) age Mam Tor Beds (alternating sandstone and siltstone) and landslides on the north have formed colluvium.[3]

Protest

In October 2014, mountain bikers, walkers, horse riders, climbers and conservationists held a protest against Derbyshire County Council maintenance work on the byway that runs along Rushup Edge. They were upset at the insensitive nature of the work, the cost, the environmental impact and the apparent lack of consultation with them before works began. Derbyshire County Council halted the work to speak with protesters in December 2014.

See also

External links

53.3467°N -50.8°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=3632 Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge)
  2. Book: The Buildings of England . Derbyshire . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . Revised by Elizabeth Williamson . 1953 . 1978 . Yale University Press . 0-14-071008-6.
  3. http://www.iaeg.info/iaeg2006/PAPERS/TRIPUK1.PDF The Mam Tor landslide, geology & mining legacy around Castleton LAURANCE DONNELLY 2006