English Heritage sites near Hartington upper Quarter Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
9 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
PEVERIL CASTLE
10 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
14 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
15 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
SANDBACH CROSSES
19 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
The two massive Saxon stone crosses, elaborately carved with animals and Biblical scenes including the Nativity of Christ and the Crucifixion, dominate the cobbled market square of Sandbach.
CROXDEN ABBEY
20 miles from Hartington upper Quarter Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
No churches found in Hartington upper Quarter Parish
No churches found in Hartington upper Quarter Parish