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Higher Tor on Hathersage Moor is the tall flat topped prominence. Slightly below and to the right is another prominence called Carl Wark. The promontory is faced by vertical cliffs on all but one side, which is protected by a prehistoric embankment. The cliffs and embankment form an enclosure that has been interpreted as an Iron Age hill fort, though the date of construction and purpose of the fortifications remains unknown
Higger Tor in the Burbage Valley in late June 2015, though you wouldn't have guessed from the weather...!
On a foggy but beautiful day, starting from Hathersage train station walking a loop through Hathersage village, following to the east of Hood Brook, past Bronte Cottage, up to and along Stanage Edge, down to the Burbage, Fiddler's Elbow and Higger Tor, across to Callow and then back into Hathersage.