Merryton Low

Merryton Low
Trig point with WWII memorial plaque
Highest point
Elevation	489 m (1,604 ft)[1]
Prominence	53.0 m (174 ft)
Parent peak	Shining Tor
Listing	TuMP (400-499m), Clem (Tu,4,Cm)
Coordinates	53°08′45″N 1°56′22″W / 53.145948°N 1.939483°W / 53.145948; -1.939483Coordinates: 53°08′45″N 1°56′22″W / 53.145948°N 1.939483°W / 53.145948; -1.939483
Geography
Merryton Low Merryton Low in Staffordshire
Location	Staffordshire, England
Parent range	Peak District
OS grid	SJ994737
Topo map	OS (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24W

Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.

The hill is 489m / 1604ft ASL and forms part of the White Peak and is within the Peak District National Park^[2][3]

The parent peak is Shining Tor and it ranks as the 6366th highest peak in the British Isles and the 729th tallest in England^[4]

There are two bowl barrows on the hill: Merryton Low bowl barrow, a scheduled monument is at the summit, and another scheduled barrow lies 700m to the south.^[5][6]

The summit trig point is grade II listed as it carries a plaque commemorating four members of the local Home Guard who died on active service in the regular army during World War II.^[7][8] The hill was the site of two fatal air crashes during World War II: a Short Stirling crashed on 13 July 1942 with eight deaths,^[9][10] and a Hawker Hurricane on 27 July 1944 with one death.^[11][12]

The River Hamps rises on its southern slopes.^{[citation needed]}

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