A paved path at the top of Mam Tor Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, Peak District National Park, England, UK

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Mam Tor is a 517 m (1,696 ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name literally translates as Heights of the Mother or Mother Mountain and it is also known as the Shivering Mountain on account of the instability of its lower shale layers. In 1979 the continual battle to maintain the A625 road (Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith) on the crumbling southern side of the hill was lost when the road officially closed as a through-route.

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Location: Mam Tor, Castleton, Derbyshire, Peak District National Park, England, UK
Photo credit: © John Keates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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