Cown Edge

Also known as:
Coombes Edge
Nearest town:
Glossop (3km NNE)
OS reference:
SK020919
OS sheet:
110
Latitude:
53° 25' 24.76 N
Longitude:
1° 58' 11.64 W
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Images

Image of Cown Edge (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking WSW in the general direction of Stockport. The prominent ridge in the middle distance is marked with the Brown Low and Ludworth Intakes cairns.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.4.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 1, 2014
Image of Cown Edge (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The cairn silhouetted as I first arrived. The figure helpfully providing scale is one of the Peaks volunteer rangers. She told me they periodically visit the Peaks monuments to record condition, etc, which is really good to hear.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.4.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 1, 2014

Articles

Cown Edge

sam
sam Jan 2, 2006

A gritstone cairn some 13m x 10m, and about 1.5m high, which has suffered some surface disturbance due to the activities of Enclosure period stone-getters, according to the SMR.

We visited on a particularly damp and misty day, hence the spooky picture.

To be honest, not worth a special trip, though Cown Edge Rocks are pretty cool.

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