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| Pendle Hill | |
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| Country: | England |
| Area: | Forest of Bowland |
| Elevation: | 557 m (1827 ft) |
| OS Grid Reference: | SD804414}} |
| OS Map(s): | 103 |
| Listing: | Marilyn |
Pendle Hill (summit 557m above mean sea level) is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson and Clitheroe. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is part of the Pennines and lies at the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland, and to the southwest of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
In Geological terms, the hill consists of an ancient plateau of millstone grit, over softer shalesShale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. It is characterized by thin laminae breaking with an irregular curving fracture, often splintery, and parallel to the often indistinguishable bedding planes. Non-fiss, on an underlying limestoneshale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed of mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). The primary source of this calcite is usually marine organisms. These organisms secrete shells that settle out of t bed. The historic decomposition of sphagnumSphagnum is a genus of mosses commonly called peat moss due to its prevalence in peat bogs. Members of this genus can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; some species can hold up to 20 times their dry weight in water, which is why peat moss moss on the hill has led to it being covered in peatLewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands variously called bogs moors muskegs mires and fens''. Geographic distribution Peat deposits are found in many places around the world, notab.
A Bronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. The Bronze Age is part of the Three-age system for prehi burial site has been discovered at the summitA topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically speaking, a summit is a local maximum in elevation. Colloquially, a summit generally refers to a mountain peak with some of the hill.
It is famous for its links to two events which took place in the 17th_century: the Pendle Witches and an association with the Quaker movement.
The story of the Pendle Witches is the most known example of alleged witchcraft in English history. The hill continues to be associated with witchcraft, and every Halloween large numbers of visitors climb it.