Mount Famine
Mount Famine is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The summit is 473 metres (1,552 ft) above sea level. The hill's name originates from the period of the inclosure acts (from the late 18th century) when tenant farmers struggled to make a living from poor farming land.
A round Bronze Age burial mound on the west side of the hill is about 20 metres (66 ft) wide. It was identified by J Barnatt in 2014.
The hilltop area was acquired by the National Trust in 2006 and is designated as access land for the public.
The Pennine Bridleway runs along the south and west sides of Mount Famine. Since 2005, there has been an annual fell race each May from Hayfield around Mount Famine and South Head.
Mount Famine is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.
References
- ^ "Mount Famine". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "How to be a Historical Landscape Detective". Chalke Valley History Festival. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Monument record MDR15010 - Round barrow, Mount Famine, Hayfield". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Our land History: Land at Coldwell Clough, Kinder". National Trust Land Map. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
- ^ "Hayfield Fell Races - Archive". www.t42.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ 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.
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