Mount Famine

Mount Famine
View from north with South Head on the left
Highest point
Elevation	473 metres (1,552 ft)
Prominence	44 metres (144 ft)
Coordinates	53°21′40″N 1°55′02″W
Geography
Location	Hayfield, Derbyshire, England
OS grid	SK056849
Topo map	OS Explorer OL1

Mount Famine is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The summit is 473 metres (1,552 ft) above sea level.[1] The hill's name originates from the period of the inclosure acts (from the late 18th century) when tenant farmers struggled to make a living from poor farming land.[2]

A round Bronze Age burial mound on the west side of the hill is about 20 metres (66 ft) wide. It was identified by J Barnatt in 2014.[3]

The hilltop area was acquired by the National Trust in 2006 and is designated as access land for the public.[4][5]

The Pennine Bridleway runs along the south and west sides of Mount Famine.[5] Since 2005, there has been an annual fell race each May from Hayfield around Mount Famine and South Head.[6]

Mount Famine is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.[7]

References

1. "Mount Famine". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
2. "How to be a Historical Landscape Detective". Chalke Valley History Festival. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
3. "Monument record MDR15010 - Round barrow, Mount Famine, Hayfield". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
4. "Our land History: Land at Coldwell Clough, Kinder". National Trust Land Map. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
5. OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
6. "Hayfield Fell Races - Archive". www.t42.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
7. Gough, Julie (7 May 2021). "Our Peak District hill walking challenge: climbing the 95 'Ethels'". CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire. Retrieved 13 May 2021.