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Alderley Edge Ancient Mine / Quarry Alderley Edge Copper Mine © christopher bickerton Nearest Town: Alderley Edge (2km W) OS Ref (GB):     SJ860779 / Sheet: 118 Latitude: 53° 17' 51.04" N Longitude:     2° 12' 36.28" W Added by Rhiannon News (2) Fieldnotes (2) Folklore (2) Links (2) 1 discussion topic Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Alderley Edge Flash Earth Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Multimap 1:25000 Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

- Sites within 20 km - - The Golden Stone (0km N) (4 posts) Holy Well (0.22km WSW) (1 post) Armada Beacon (0.28km SW) (4 posts) Alderley Edge Copper Mine (0.4km SSE) (7 posts) Birtles Hall (3.39km S) (1 post) Capesthorne Park (5.6km SSW) (12 posts) Henbury (5.76km SE) (4 posts) Bearhurst Farm (6.06km SSE) (7 posts) Bate Mill Tumuli (7.69km SW) (3 posts) Sutton Hall (9.24km ESE) (7 posts) Ginclough (9.59km E) (9 posts) Black Rock Farm (9.85km E) (2 posts) Marton Church (9.93km S) (4 posts) Woodhouse End (9.94km ESE) (4 posts) Broad Oak Farm (10.04km ESE) (4 posts) Gawsworth Henge (10.28km ESE) (6 posts) Yearns Low (10.55km E) (5 posts) Pike Low (10.71km E) (7 posts) Further Harrop (11.07km ENE) (4 posts) Higher Ridgegate (11.31km E) (5 posts) Charles Head (11.55km ENE) (2 posts) Reed Hill (11.85km ENE) (3 posts) Toot Hill (12.49km E) (3 posts) Murder Stone (12.76km ENE) (16 posts) The Bullstones (13.98km ESE) (19 posts) Longgutter (14.13km ESE) (0 posts) Bosley Minn (14.15km ESE) (5 posts) Whaley Bridge Stone (14.21km ENE) (5 posts) Foxlowe Edge (14.59km E) (3 posts) Kiln Knoll (14.66km ENE) (5 posts) Somerford Bridge (14.69km S) (15 posts) The Cloud (14.91km SE) (10 posts) Roosdyche (15.64km ENE) (20 posts) Allgreave (15.74km ESE) (0 posts) Ladder Hill (16.31km ENE) (8 posts) The Bridestones (16.34km SE) (53 posts) Mellor Hilltop (16.39km NE) (4 posts) Lud's Church (17.64km ESE) (27 posts) Brown Low (18.2km NE) (5 posts) Ludworth Intakes (18.56km NE) (8 posts) Castle Naze (19.34km ENE) (20 posts) Lismore Fields (19.56km E) (1 post) Chisworth (19.58km NE) (9 posts) Gun Hill (19.91km ESE) (2 posts)

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MAGIC AND MINING The Alderley Edge Landscape Project has: "tentatively confirmed the place of Alderley Edge at the dawn of metal working. The members of the project team believe that metal prospectors came to Alderley Edge at the beginning of the Bronze Age." See: continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by nix 13th June 2010ce

New Website for Alderley Edge There is a new Manchester Museum website covering their four years of research at Alderley Edge. Some good photos, a searchable database, teaching materials AND a downloadable for the first recorded instance of the Wizard Legend (only two printed copies survive - one in the Bodleian, one in the British Library.) I was involved with this - a fascinating project. PP www.alderleyedge.man.ac.uk Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Peter Portland 30th September 2003ce Edited 1st November 2004ce

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Alderley Edge is a top place - something about it, from the sign saying *To the edge* lol - for those on the edge - to everything else! Something about this place unlocks thoughts, sights - all kinds of things - I don't know why. Explore! It is much bigger than it looks! Easy to get lost. It's one of those places where you don't want to tell too much, because each time you go you find new areas. Some people think it is much smaller, lol - it's a strange one. Behind the farm is a path that leads to ahidden valley with a waterfall, and that leads up to an awesome set of beech trees - a truly magical *heart of the forest* kind of place. Down at the river crossing there there is a ledge on the rock you can sit on, and at night, I guarantee you will hear strange, strange stuff! Shrouded in folklore and history, it has a magical vibe. In the day, lots of tourists, kids, dog walkers... in the evening also, but less and less. At night, often groups of kids go up to the main edge points - particularly the one near the layby - smoking pot, drinking - can be intimidating and best avoided. On a moonless night it is pitch black in the forest. Cool with a few friends, but on your own, treacherous. Most of the to your death falls have been fenced off now, lol! But the paths have steep drops and ankle-breakers all around. I've been there late in to the night and had fires there - others report being told off for having fires. Get right off the beaten track is probably the best bet for a camp out. There's a *folly* stone circle that is nice to have a fire in - but you may get bothered! The well is near the lay by entrance - up the path and to the left - but down first - not immediate left in to some trees - down the steps. The spring and cave are the opposite direction - right from the look out point, then down in to the valley. To the right, before then is the Beacon Mound, where an armada beacon was placed. I hear tell it is a barrow, and it looks and feels like one. A nice long walk is hare hill and across to some national trust gardens about two miles away - quite a trek though! Back In the main area, there is a pub *the wizzard* and a tea room that is open in season in the day - very nice. Fromt he tea room/Wizzard - not the same building, by the way - there is a path that goes in to the woods. Bear left as much as possible, or, fromt he middle layby go right and stick by the road-side path (which is inside the fence - you can just see the road) and you come to a big cliff - it's pretty much two minutes behind the wizzard, next to the road-ish - and there is a deep horizontal mine working there that you can go in - like a deep cave... cool! All in all - lovely, magical place. Enjoy - and look out for Merlin! X PS - here be adders! Once found a dead one - and they are HUGE! I was expecting them to be small - but this had a body as big as my forearm! And I'm quite big! So look out for them! Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Xia 27th December 2006ce

Alderley Edge is a truly mystical spot. It's full of boundaries - dangerous places :) You can walk out to Stormy Point and stand on the pink stone to look out at the valley below. Beneath you is a huge network of Bronze age mines. There's a big NT carpark which I discovered more recently, but it's much nicer to park in the layby where the big sign with the finger points " TO THE EDGE" and walk from there. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 17th April 2002ce Edited 18th July 2006ce

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"The Wierdstone of Brisingamen" by Alan Garner is now out in its 50th anniversary edition. Am reading for the first time - magical and scary. Great escapism for those journeys on public transport. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by tjj 14th December 2010ce

Anyone who has read Alan Garner's books will be particularly transported by visiting The Edge. His first, 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' is based on this story about Merlin. King Arthur and his knights sleep on under the Edge waiting... http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/conkers-and-ghosts/alderley-edge.htm (part of the KidsArk website) Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 17th April 2002ce Edited 1st November 2004ce

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The National Trust A page from the National Trust web site describing this, "dramatic red sandstone escarpment, with impressive views." Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kammer 21st December 2004ce

Daharja Online Photographs and descriptions of Alderley Edge. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 17th April 2002ce Edited 4th November 2004ce

The Golden Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Fieldnotes

When youv'e parked in the big carpark ,instead of going straight into the woods turn right and follow the path to the Golden stone a fallen menhir ,that still marks the boundary of properties Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by postman 23rd July 2006ce

Alderley Edge Copper Mine (Ancient Mine / Quarry) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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The Golden Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Images

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Armada Beacon (Round Barrow(s)) — Images

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Alderley Edge Copper Mine (Ancient Mine / Quarry) — Images

Posted by postman 23rd July 2006ce