Mam Tor P1090356
Mam Tor is near the top of Winnats Pass (a steep and narrow limestone gorge) and forms the eastern end of Rushup Edge. It also dominates the western end of the Great Ridge, which separates the Hope Valley to the south from Edale to the north, and is a popular ridgewalk.
Mam Tor is made of rocks of Carboniferous age, approximately 320 million years old. The base of Mam Tor is composed of black shales of the Bowland Shale Formation of Serpukhovian age overlain by tubiditic sandstone of the Mam Tor Sandstone Formation of Bashkirian age.[3]
In perfect weather conditions, Manchester City Centre, Stockport, and Winter Hill can be seen from here
Mam Tor P1090356
Mam Tor is near the top of Winnats Pass (a steep and narrow limestone gorge) and forms the eastern end of Rushup Edge. It also dominates the western end of the Great Ridge, which separates the Hope Valley to the south from Edale to the north, and is a popular ridgewalk.
Mam Tor is made of rocks of Carboniferous age, approximately 320 million years old. The base of Mam Tor is composed of black shales of the Bowland Shale Formation of Serpukhovian age overlain by tubiditic sandstone of the Mam Tor Sandstone Formation of Bashkirian age.[3]
In perfect weather conditions, Manchester City Centre, Stockport, and Winter Hill can be seen from here