Fin Cop
Fin Cop is a hill and an associated Iron Age hill fort in Monsal Dale, close to Ashford in the Water in Derbyshire, England. The fort shows evidence of hurried construction, indicating a defensive response to a real threat, rather than the more usual assumption that such forts were a display of status and prestige.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,073 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
Places of Interest
Highlights include Headstone Viaduct and Congregational Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Longstone and Brushfield.
Little Longstone
Village
Photo: Alan Rolfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Longstone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The village is on a minor road west of Great Longstone, just off the B6465 road from Wardlow to Ashford-in-the-Water.
Brushfield
Hamlet
Photo: Brian Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brushfield is a hamlet and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, in the Peak District National Park. It is about 8 miles east of Buxton.
Sheldon
Hamlet
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Sheldon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, near Bakewell. It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style.
Fin Cop
- Categories: mountain, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23476° or 53° 14′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.74016° or 1° 44′ 25″ westElevation
1,073 feet (327 metres)Open location code
9C5W67M5+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 429510320OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Fin Cop” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fin Cop”
- German: “Fin Cop”
- Ladin: “Fin Cop”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Monsal Head and Water-cum-Jolly Dale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fin Cop and Fin Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fin Cop”. Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.