Shutlingsloe

Shutlingsloe
Shutlingsloe
	Shutlingsloe from Macclesfield Forest path
Highest point
Elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Prominence	c. 134 m
Listing	none
Geography
Location	Cheshire, England
Parent range	Peak District
OS grid	SJ976695
Topo map	OS Outdoor Leisure 24

Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park.^[1]

A steep-sided hill with a distinctive profile,^[1] sometimes described as the 'Matterhorn of Cheshire', it is the third highest peak in the historic county (Black Hill being the highest and Shining Tor second highest) with an elevation of 506 m (1,660 ft) and commands excellent views over Cheshire. The Peak District Boundary Walk crosses the summit, which is the highest point on the footpath's 200-mile long route.^[2]

The name derives from old English 'Scyttel's hlaw' meaning 'Scyttel's (personal name) hill' and is one of several 'low' names in the Peak District, from the same Old English root that gives rise to the name "Law" for many hills in southern Scotland.^[3]

Geology[]

The hill is formed from alternating layers of mudstones and coarse sandstones (referred to as 'gritstones' or simply 'grits') which were laid down in a delta system in the Carboniferous period. The summit tor is formed from the Chatsworth Grit and the lower slopes from the Roaches Grit. Several geological faults run northwest to southeast through the hill.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Cheshire County Council: Landscape Character Type 20: Moorland Plateau (2007) (accessed 19 April 2010)
^ McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.
^ Mcmeeken, L. 'Peak Place-names', Halsgrove 2003
^ British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 111 'Buxton' and associated memoir

External links[]

Media related to Shutlingsloe at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 53°13′24″N 2°02′12″W / 53.22321°N 2.03673°W / 53.22321; -2.03673

[pdf-1] Cheshire County Council: Landscape Character Type 20: Moorland Plateau (2007) (accessed 19 April 2010)

[:0-2] McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.

[3] Mcmeeken, L. 'Peak Place-names', Halsgrove 2003

[4] British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 111 'Buxton' and associated memoir

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Marilyns	Black Hill The Cloud Gun Kinder Scout Shining Tor
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