Mam Tor
Mam Tor is a 1,695 feet / 508 metre high peak near
Castleton in the
High Peak of
Derbyshire,
England. Its name literally translates as
Heights of the Mother and it is also known as the
Shivering Mountain on account of the instability of its lower
shale layers. Indeed, the A625 road now comes to a dramatic stop at the walls of the hillside, as a consequence of a landslide.
At the base of the Tor are the Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern where lead, Blue John and other minerals were once mined.