You can probably tell already how much I love this walk! Rolling green hills, crumbling castles and cute villages, and just the most incredible views. It is the very best of the Peak District. I’m not just saying this as hyperbole, and I really don’t want to over exaggerate it, but this is such a stunning walk.
The Mam Tor walk is regarded as one of the best walks in Great Britain. This guide has everything you need to know about walking Mam Tor. The nearest train stations are Hope and Edale, while the number 200 and 272 bus services drop off nearby.The Mam Tor walk is easily one of the best walks in the Peak District. Mam Tor is near Castleton in Derbyshire, and can be reached from the village by driving up Winnats Pass to the National Trust Car Park. Stunning views of the surrounding area allow visitors a glimpse into what their ancient predecessors may have seen, albeit with some newer additions – Castleton and Peveril Castle are within view, while on clear days one might see all the way to Manchester! Getting to Mam Tor The ramparts around the peak remain pronounced, with both entrances remaining, while one of the bowl barrows lies beneath the trig point. Today Mam Tor is a popular walking site in the Peak District, with its prehistoric past still evident in the earthworks there. In 1636, Mam Tor was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Peaks by Thomas Hobbes alongside Chatsworth House, Peak Cavern, St Ann’s Well in Buxton, The Ebbing and Flowing Well in Tideswell, Poole’s Cavern, and Eldon Hole. Two Bronze Age burial mounds known as ‘bowl barrows’ were constructed within the fort, with such structures often constructed on hill tops, and around the summit were earthen ramparts originally covered in timber and later in stone, where two gateways at each end allowed people in and out.
Their foundations, alongside pottery found at the site, indicate the settlement’s role not only as a defensive base but also a thriving village. Situated at the hill’s peak, 100 small platforms were levelled around its summit for the construction of timber huts. Mam Tor, meaning Mother Hill, is thought to have been occupied from 1200 BC onwards by an initial late Bronze Age and later Iron Age hill fort. Today it provides one of the best views over Hope Valley, with the remnants of the fort still traceable on the hilltop. Mam Tor in Castleton is the site of a large prehistoric hill fort that once hosted a settlement of Celtic peoples.
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