Rock basins,Grouse holes,Stanage edge,Derbyshire,England,UK.

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Rock basins are a familiar sight along Stanage, carved into the huge boulders and usually water-filled. They are a product of local grouse-moor management, and were carved all over nearby Hallam Moors from 1907 onwards at the request of the owner, William Wilson, with the purpose of providing drinking troughs for the grouse. There are 108 in total, and the first ones carved are near Stanage Pole. The latter, visible on the right from the trig point, was a prominent boundary marker between Derbyshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. On its base there is seventeenth century graffiti.

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Location: Rock basins,Grouse holes,Stanage edge,Derbyshire,England,UK.
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