Stanage Edge

Yesterday, I went to Stanage Edge, a gritstone escarpment that forms that border between the High Peak District and Sheffield in South Yorkshire.  Gritstone is a coarse version of sandstone laid down when the area was a delta during the Carboniferous period.  It was once quarried to be used as grindstones for milling flour.  Apparently, [...]

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