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	Walks in the UK Peak District - Big moors gritstone edges, the neolithic farmland
		This walk follows the edges of the upper and lower escarpments in the area of Big Moor, highlighting some of the Neolithic remains that are still visible to this day.
		The small bank marks the edge of a field enclosure, while the cairn which draws the eye to this spot is a more modern addition to the landscape.
		The modern roads that bound big moor on all sides can be traced back to second half of the 18th century, and the first few years of the 19th century.
	www.peakwalk.org.uk /bigmoor.asp (2110 words)

	Category talk:Mountains and hills of the Peak District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Currently Shining Tor appears in the main listing and Axe Edge Moor in the minor tops.
		Axe Edge Moor seems to fit into the latter categroy.
		Axe Edge is in a slightly different class, because of physical bulk, and the fact it's source of 5 rivers!, though it's actually not a particularly distinguished top, I recollect.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category_talk:Mountains_and_hills_of_the_Peak_District (851 words)

	The Dove is the major river of the South Peak
		The Dove is the major river of the South Peak, rising on Axe Edge and flowing south to eventually meet the Trent near Burton.
		The River Dove rises on the Eastern side of Axe Edge and flows almost southwards to the boundary of the Peak, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire for the whole of its length.
		Axe Edge is a high gritstone moor, and the river plunges steeply down through a deeply-cut valley before it arrives at the limestone rock near Hollinsclough.
	www.cressbrook.co.uk /features/dove.php (866 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society Guardian \| Gate to freedom
		Bunting has been fighting for open access to Britain's moors for 70 years, but the campaign goes back much further, to the time of the enclosures in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the emergence of the diggers and levellers and the Labour movement itself.
		The Peak District moors, on the doorstep of so many northern towns, were a breeding ground for political and social ideas, popular with individual rambling groups, socialists and communists, and youth movements such as the Woodcraft Folk and others.
		Places such as Snailsden Moor, Bradfield Moor and Axe Edge Moor, great expanses of moorland, that have been out of bounds for the outward bound for more than 100 years, will be accessible to people on foot.
	society.guardian.co.uk /societyguardian/story/0,,1304224,00.html (1185 words)

	www.peakdistrict.gov.uk - Access to Open Country
		Places such as Snailsden Moor, Bradfield Moor and Axe Edge Moor, great expanses of moorland, that had been out of bounds for the outward bound for more than 100 years, is now accessible to people on foot.
		The new rights of access to open country are granted thanks to an Act of Parliament that was passed in 2000 called the Countryside and Rights of Way Act.
		The new access is for anyone and everyone able to wander across the wilder, open spaces of Britain's mountains, moors, commons, heath and downland.
	www.peakdistrict.gov.uk /index/visiting/crow.htm (303 words)

	GENUKI: Eyam (Derbyshire) - a Description
		It is said to have been found on Eyam moor, but owes its present state of preservation mainly to the intervention of John Howard, the famous philanthropist, who, when visiting the place about 1788, found it lying neglected in the churchyard.
		The moor, until its enclosure, was covered with Druidical remains; one circle of Druidical stones more perfect than the rest on that part of Eyam moor, called "Wet Withins", is still visited, and near it are twelve smaller circles.
		A barrow, yet unexplored, stands on Eyam Edge, and in the north part of the parish are numbers of cairns, barrows and mounds.
	www.wishful-thinking.org.uk /genuki/DBY/Eyam/Eyam.html (1550 words)

	Peak District links (Walk Guides on other sites)
		Big Moor was farmland in the Neolithic, and some evidence of this remains to this day.
		The area around Axe edge moor was once the coal mining district for Buxton.
		Hathersage Moor lies on the eastern edge of of the white peak, although it shares more characteristics with the dark peak further north.
	www.walkscene.co.uk /England/Derbyshire/Peakdistrict_links.htm (233 words)

	Weapons - 1
		The hook ("cleek") on the back allowed them to attck the horsemen as well, pulling them down to be dispatched with the axe edge, or taking down the horse with a sweeping blow.
		Equipped like this, when one parried an opponents blow, the targe would come up with the spike in the middle holding the enemy's sword, and a new point (the dirk) would now be in his face or chest.
		On the rack are various broadswords that the Scots used in the latter part of our period, from the early ribbonhilt to the familiar baskethilt of Culloden Moor.
	www.historichighlanders.com /wpns1.htm (588 words)

	Doors of Precession, The
		According to Gimbutas, the process of new life emerging from the bull or the moon is often associated with "cosmogonic primordial waters" of a "taurian nature" where the invocation of a name in Lithuanian such as "Bitinelis (from 'bite, bee') or "Pilvinas (fat drones with a round, drumlike stomach)" invokes the creation of a lake.
		For instance, the stones Machrie Moor in Southwest Scotland on the Isle of Arran, are Neolithic monuments consisting of ruined chambered tombs, hut-circles, and megalithic rings erected around two concentric rings of posts with a horseshoe-shaped timber setting at their center (Burl 114-15).
		The opposing chevrons and the hafted stone axe engraved on three of the stones are similar to the images of regeneration discovered at Çatal Hüyük.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/d/doors_of_precession_the.html (6131 words)

	Myth@Bungie.org -> Legends and Lore -> Encyclopedia -> Who (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Their bare, battle-scarred flesh doesn't protect them much, but the speed and ferocity of their attack gives them a definite edge, especially when they attack in groups.
		Axe blades, dwarven grenades, explosive pieces of wights, and scattered limbs of the dea can be picked up by Ghols and used for a more destructive attack.
		Axe blades, Dwarven grenades, explosive pieces of wights, and scattered limbs of the dead can be picked up by Ghols and used for a more destructive attack.
	myth.bungie.org /legends/encyclopedia/who.html (9351 words)

	Go Underground around Buxton and Poole's Cavern in Derbyshire Peak District England
		The gritstone that forms the bleak and lofty heights of Axe Edge, meets and dominates the limestone area known as Stanley Moor.
		Stanley moor has long been one of the most likely areas close to Buxton, where the caver can find a number of short, and sometimes difficult, underground passages and potholes worthy of their attention.
		With names such as Perseverance pot, Axe hole, Virgin pot, Old Bill's swallet and Jake's hole, among many others to be found, these have been formed mainly along the junction between the gritstone and the limestone rocks.
	www.buxtononline.net /Buxton-Online98/Buxton-Online-Derbyshire-Peak-District-Community98/caving.htm (1260 words)

	RPG Now: Villages - Clayton Moor
		Clayton Moor, a village of some 800 souls lies in a fertile valley along the main caravan route.
		Clayton Moor is presented under the Open Gaming License and is fully v3.5 compatible.
		The first of this line, we believe that the Villages range will prove invaluable to GM’s requiring a quick location from which to base an adventure or simply provide a place to stay when the player are travelling.
	www.rpgnow.com /product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=3045& (170 words)

	Axe Edge - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland, west of Buxton in the Peak District.
		The moor is the source of the River Dove, River Manifold, River Dane, River Wye and River Goyt.
		The moor is shared between the counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, which meet on its south-western flank at the Three Shire's Head on the Dane
	www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=2500 (133 words)

	William & Nina Matheson Books, Inc. - Collectors, Collecting, Booksellers and Bookselling
		Cloth dampstained at the edges of the front and back covers near the backstrip, dampstaining at the extreme top edge of some text pages.
		Cloth very lightly darkened at the edges, otherwise fine in rubbed dust jacket with closed tears at the head of the backstrip.
		Backstrip lightly faded, several small dents on the edges of the covers, otherwise near fine, without dust jacket.
	www.mathesonbooks.com /BibFinCO.htm (6213 words)

	Ilkley online forum, ilkley, ilkley moor, ilkley news, ilkley business, ilkley shopping, ilkley nightlife
		Rombald's Moor and Ilkley Moor (which is a constituent part of the former), above and to the south of the town, are the location for a famous folk song, 'On Ilkla Moor Baht'at ("On Ilkley Moor without a hat").
		The town is 700 feet above sea level and lies in a wide valley with the River Wharfe and pastoral farmland to the north, and Ilkley Moor, a bracken and heather moorland with rocky outcrops, to the south.
		The railway, before the Beeching axe, also connected to Addingham, Bolton Abbey, and Skipton to the west, and to Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale, meeting the main Leeds to Harrogate line at Arthington.
	www.ilkley-more.com (1168 words)

	CONSTANTINOPLE - Online Information article about CONSTANTINOPLE
		oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
		Not only was the wall of Anthemius restored, but, at the distance of 20 yds., another wall was built in front of it, and at the same distance from this second wall a broad moat was constructed with a breastwork along its inner edge.
		The imperial palace, founded by Constantine and extended by his successors, occupied the territory which lies to the east of St Sophia and the Hippodrome down to the water's edge.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/CONSTANTINOPLE.html (5751 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The diverse habitats range from high peat bogs to grit-stone edges, heather and heath to moorlands, and from dales and river valleys to ancient and new woodland with large areas of pasture and industrial areas too.
		It is good for many species but the large pond has many water edge specialities and holds the largest colony of reed warblers in the county.
		Moors for the Future is a new project to restore the Peak District moors and to enhance people`s experience, understanding and care of this important landscape.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_derbyshire.html (3729 words)

	Guardian \| Blizzards bring road chaos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The A537 Cat and Fiddle road which rises steeply over moorland between Macclesfield and Buxton was closed for a time yesterday after overnight snow falls, as was the A54 from Congleton to Buxton across Axe Edge moor.
		Further north, the Snake Pass, a key route across the Pennines between Manchester and Sheffield, was impassable.
		Some told of six-mile journeys lasting 90 minutes and of a four-hour haul from the city centre to Chapel-en-le-Frith 20 miles away on the edge of the Peak District national park.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4598917-103636,00.html (258 words)

	Hans Christian Andersen: The Marsh King’s Daughter
		He appeared to her a mighty magician skilled in secret arts; his language was the darkest magic to her, and the movements of his hands in the air were as the secret signs of a magician’s wand.
		One of the robbers raised his axe against him; but the young priest sprang on one side, and avoided the blow, which fell with great force on the horse’s neck, so that the blood gushed forth, and the animal sunk to the ground.
		The priest placed himself before her, to defend and shelter her; but one of the robbers swung his iron axe against the Christian’s head with such force that it was dashed to pieces, the blood and brains were scattered about, and he fell dead upon the ground.
	hca.gilead.org.il /marsh_ki.html (13508 words)

	The River Goyt - meets the Etherow and form the Mersey
		The River Goyt rises on Axe Edge and flows north to meet the Etherow near Stockport to form the Mersey
		The western side of the valley is formed by a long ridge which runs from Shining Tor down to Windgather rocks and forms the county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire.
		The stream flows off the moors to cross the old Buxton-Macclesfield road at Derbyshire Bridge, once the county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire.
	www.cressbrook.co.uk /features/goyt.php (544 words)

	GENUKI: Derbyshire, England - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
		The principal heights of this district are Blakelow Stones, 1,800 feet high; Kinderscout, nearly as high; Axe Edge, at the head of the Dove, 1,758 feet high; Lord's Seat and Main Tor, 1,751 feet.
		Its principal tributaries are the Westend river, Ashop, Noe, Wye (which rises near Axe Edge and flows S.E. by Bakewell), Ambergate, and Ecclesburn: its entire course is about 60 miles.
		The Goyt rises near Axe Edge, flows N.W. till it joins the Etherow; the united streams then flow S.W. into the Mersey at Stockport.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Gaz1868.html (2271 words)

	Defra UK; ERDP - West Midlands ERDP Regional Chapter
		The Region’s topography is very varied, ranging from the high wet uplands in north east Staffordshire and the Welsh Marches to the fertile lowlands of the Vale of Evesham and central Herefordshire.
		The southern most part of the region includes the edge of the Cotswolds with its characteristic steep wooded slopes and open expanses of dry stone wall enclosed fields.
		The climate of the region is varied, ranging from cool and wet in north east Staffordshire and the Welsh Borders to warm and dry in Warwickshire and east Worcestershire.
	www.defra.gov.uk /erdp/docs/wmchapter/section11/topographic.htm (2245 words)

	Climbing in the mountains
		I've not checked as I don't have a copy of the Guinness book of Records but Chimney Bank at Rosedale in the North York Moors is supposedly the steepest tarmac surfaced road in Britain It gets to 33% for around 50 or 60 metres and a lot of the rest is 25%.
		Climbing the south end of High Street in the lakes with luggage was also pretty tricky (could neither push nor carry the bike) as was the (illegal) ascent of Whernside.
		The track from the west end of Rushup Edge to near Hayfield in the Dark Peak (round Mount Famine) is utterly E-V-I-L in that direction.
	www.geocities.com /Baja/2572/Climbs/Climbs4.htm (4159 words)

	Walks in the UK Peak District - Axe edge moor, buxton's coal mining district
		Follow this until the track veers off to the left at which point is an obvious large diameter ginged shaft that is filled to within a few feet of the surface, this is the last air shaft on the Dukes Level.
		this is a part of the surface remains of the Axe Edge and Thatch Marsh Colliery.
		Follow the track over the crest of the moor and at this point you will get an excellent view, to your left, onto the Cheshire Plain.
	www.peakwalk.org.uk /axeedgemoor.asp (2206 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		the walk soon climbs up to the moors and as Stanley Moor is approached there are good views over Axe Edge and from the best vantage points at the top of the climb Kinder Scout can be seen in the distance.
		Although you pass close to Stanley Moor Reservoir little can be seen of it other than the well grassed dam wall that surrounds it.
		Leave the farm by the lane as it winds its way past Stanley Moor Reservoir to the road.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /buxtonwalk.htm (937 words)

	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
		Gawain gripped his axe and raised it on high, the left foot he set forward on the floor, and let the blow fall lightly on the bare neck.
		The sharp edge of the blade sundered the bones, smote through the neck, and clave it in two, so that the edge of the steel bit on the ground, and the fair head fell to the earth that many struck it with their feet as it rolled forth.
		He lifted the axe lightly and let it fall with the edge of the blade on the bare neck.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /CAMELOT/sggk.htm (17504 words)

	GENUKI: Bygone Industries of The Peak: Coal Mining, Julie Bunting, Peak Advertiser, Derbyshire
		Coal seams around Axe Edge were worked from about 1600.
		Extraction from the Goyt and House Coal seams, west of Burbage and Axe Edge, led to the concentration of lime burning in the vicinity, notably on Grin Hill.
		During the General Strike of 1926, coal from Axe Edge was supplied to the Magpie lead mine at Sheldon and stones are told of coal being got out when the severe winter of 1947 led to acute fuel shortages.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/CoalMining.html (1143 words)

	Lakes and Mountains in Cumberland and Westmoreland
		It is a stiff climb, but the view of the tarn repays the exertion, for it is surrounded by lofty and picturesque cliffs, and is utterly lonely and secluded.
		Every effort was made to save him; his wife implored George I.'s mercy on her knees, and Sir Robert Walpole declared in the House of Commons that he had been offered £60,000 if he would obtain Lord Derwentwater's pardon.
		The shortest is, however, to ordinary pedestrians a dangerous one, for it is by a path along Striding Edge; and though the pathway is wide enough for a firm footing, it requires a steady head and strong nerves to traverse it safely.
	www.mspong.org /picturesque/lakes_cumberland.html (3523 words)

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