Rushup Edge
{{Short description|Ridge in England}}
{{For|the album by The Tuss|Rushup Edge (album)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge)
| photo = Rushup Edge towards Lords seat.jpg
| photo_caption = Rushup Edge towards Lord's Seat
| elevation_m = 550
| elevation_ref = [http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=3632 Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge)] at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
| prominence = 62 m
| parent_peak = Kinder Scout
| map = United Kingdom Peak District#United Kingdom Derbyshire
| map_caption = Location in the Peak District##Location in Derbyshire
| map_size = 200
| label_position = right
| location = Derbyshire, England
| range = Peak District
| coordinates =
| grid_ref_UK = SK111834
| topo = OS Landranger 110
}}
Rushup Edge is a ridge in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ridge's highest point is Lord's Seat at {{convert|550|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, while Mam Tor lies beyond its eastern end, at the western end of the Great Ridge.
Lord's Seat is the site of a round barrow.{{cite book |series=The Buildings of England |title=Derbyshire |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |others=Revised by Elizabeth Williamson |orig-year=1953 |year=1978 |publisher=Yale University Press |location= |isbn=0-14-071008-6}}
Geology
Rushup Edge is part of the ridge which extends east to Mam Tor, Hollins Cross, Back Tor and Lose Hill, separating the Edale and Hope valleys. The ridge is formed of Namurian (c320mya) age Mam Tor Beds (alternating sandstone and siltstone) and landslides on the north have formed colluvium.[http://www.iaeg.info/iaeg2006/PAPERS/TRIPUK1.PDF The Mam Tor landslide, geology & mining legacy around Castleton LAURANCE DONNELLY 2006]
Protest
In October 2014, mountain bikers, walkers, horse riders, climbers and conservationists held a protest against Derbyshire County Council maintenance work on the byway that runs along Rushup Edge. They were upset at the insensitive nature of the work, the cost, the environmental impact and the apparent lack of consultation with them before works began. Derbyshire County Council halted the work to speak with protesters in December 2014.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/mapper/?lat=383820&lon=412492&zoom=3&layers=BTFFFF Geograph 1:50,000 map and photos]
{{Peaks of the Peak District}}
{{coord|53|20.8|N|1|49.8|W|scale:3000_type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}
Category:Mountains and hills of Derbyshire