Calton Hill
Calton Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, England, showing Olivine Diorite magma chamber. It is the site of an extinct volcano and the quarrying that has now been abandoned means that it is possible to observe the geological structures caused by the repeated eruptions.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,312 feet
- Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Calton Hill, Derbyshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Five Wells and Church of St John the Baptist.
Five Wells
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Five Wells is a Neolithic chambered tomb between the villages of Chelmorton and Taddington on Taddington Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District in England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton and Taddington.
Buxton
Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
Buxton is an ancient spa town in the Peak District, England. It is in the county of Derbyshire which is classified as part of the East Midlands but it is probably more associated with the North West of England.
Taddington
Village
Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taddington is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish, together with neighbouring Blackwell in the Peak and Brushfield parishes, as taken at the 2011 census, was 457.
Flagg
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flagg is a small Peak District village and civil parish, set in the Derbyshire Dales, halfway between the small market town of Bakewell and the spa town of Buxton, in the area known as the White Peak.
Calton Hill
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest and landform
- Location: Chelmorton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.2389° or 53° 14′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.8237° or 1° 49′ 25″ westElevation
1,312 feet (400 metres)Open location code
9C5W65QG+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 359958249OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q5023998
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