Wolfscote Hill

Wolfscote Hill
Summit of Wolfscote Hill
Highest point
Elevation	388 metres (1,273 ft)
Prominence	102 metres (335 ft)
Coordinates	53.121944°N 1.79667°W / 53.121944; -1.79667
Geography
Location	Hartington, Derbyshire, England
OS grid	SK137583
Topo map	OS Explorer OL24

Wolfscote Hill is a limestone hill near the village of Hartington in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is 388 metres (1,273 ft) above sea level.^[1]

The south side of the hill is access land, in the care of the National Trust. The land is part of the charity's White Peak estate.^[2] The 34 acres of land were bequeathed to the National Trust, with common rights, by Lady McDougall in 1939.^[3] The hill overlooks the River Dove running through Wolfscote Dale to the west, Biggin Dale to the east and Hartington to the north.^[4]

The Bronze Age burial mound at the summit is a protected Scheduled Monument. Wolfscote Hill bowl barrow features a cairn over 20 metres (66 ft) wide with a surrounding ditch. It was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1843 and subsequently by Samuel Carrington in 1851. Their finds included a stone cist containing the skeletons of two children.^[5][6]

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

References

1. "Wolfscote Hill". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. "Ilam Park, Dovedale and the White Peak". National Trust. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "Our land History: Wolfscote Hill, Hartington". national-trust.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
4. OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. East sheet.
5. Historic England. "Wolfscote Hill bowl barrow (1013766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
6. "MDR909 - Wolfscote Hill Bowl Barrow, 300m north-east of Wolfscote Grange, Hartington Town Quarter - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record". her.derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 June 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.