Hollins Hill
Hollins Hill is a gritstone hill in the Derbyshire Peak District near the village of Hollinsclough. The summit is 450 metres (1,480 ft) above sea level. The hill is the source of Swallow Brook, which flows into the River Dove running along the south side of the hill.
The Bronze Age burial mound at the summit is a protected Scheduled Monument. Hollins Hill barrow features a bowl-shaped pit within a round cairn about 13 metres (43 ft) wide. It was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1851 and subsequently by Micah Salt in 1894. Their finds included human bones, burnt from cremation, in a grave cut into the rock.
The east side of the hill is designated as 'Open Access' land, following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Hollins Hill is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.
References
- ^ "Hollins Hill". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Hollins Hill bowl barrow (1009571)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Monument record MDR81 - Round cairn, Hollins Hill, Hartington Upper Quarter". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. East sheet.
- ^ Gough, Julie (7 May 2021). "Our Peak District hill walking challenge: climbing the 95 'Ethels'". CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
