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Merryton Low
Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands. The hill is 489m / 1604 ft ASL and forms part of the White Peak and is within the Peak District National Park[2][3] The parent peak is Shining Tor and it ranks as the 6366th highest peak in the British Isles and the 729th tallest in England[4] There are two bowl barrows on the hill: Merryton Low bowl barrow, a scheduled monument is at the summit, and another scheduled barrow lies 700m to the south.[5][6] The summit trig point is grade II listed as it carries a plaque commemorating four members of the local Home Guard who died on active service in the regular army during World War II.[7][8] The hill was the site of two fatal air crashes during World War II: a Short Stirling crashed on 13 July 1942 with eight deaths,[9][10] and a Hawker Hurricane on 27 July 1944 with one death.[11][12] The River Hamps rises on its southern slopes.[citation needed] References
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