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Wolfscote Hill

Wolfscote Hill

Hill in the Derbyshire Peak District

Wolfscote Hill is a limestone hill near the village of Hartington in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is 388 metres (1,273 ft) above sea level.[1]

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The south side of the hill is access land, in the care of the National Trust. The land is part of the charity's White Peak estate.[2] The 34 acres of land were bequeathed to the National Trust, with common rights, by Lady McDougall in 1939.[3] The hill overlooks the River Dove running through Wolfscote Dale to the west, Biggin Dale to the east and Hartington to the north.[4]

The Bronze Age burial mound at the summit is a protected Scheduled Monument. Wolfscote Hill bowl barrow features a cairn over 20 metres (66 ft) wide with a surrounding ditch. It was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1843 and subsequently by Samuel Carrington in 1851. Their finds included a stone cist containing the skeletons of two children.[5][6]

Wolfscote Hill is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.[7]

References

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    "Wolfscote Hill". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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    "Ilam Park, Dovedale and the White Peak". National Trust. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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    "Our land History: Wolfscote Hill, Hartington". national-trust.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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    OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. East sheet.
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    Historic England. "Wolfscote Hill bowl barrow (1013766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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    "MDR909 - Wolfscote Hill Bowl Barrow, 300m north-east of Wolfscote Grange, Hartington Town Quarter - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record". her.derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. [7]
    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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