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Place Name	Mam Tor
Place Type	Natural/Geological Feature
Parish	Castleton
Grid Ref	SK127836
Hundred	Europe
County	Derbyshire
Country	United Kingdom, England
Notes	A prominent hill in the Hope Valley, west of Castleton in the Peak District National Park. Rising to 517 metres, Mam Tor is crowned by the remains of a late Bronze Age and Iron Age hillfort and is renowned for the frequent landslips on its eastern face, which have earned it the nickname"Shivering Mountain". It is one of the most popular walking destinations in the Peak District and forms part of the Great Ridge.

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