Tideslow

Nearest town:
Buxton (11km WSW)
OS reference:
SK149779
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 17' 50.95 N
Longitude:
1° 46' 35.1 W
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Images

Image of Tideslow (Chambered Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Landscape context from the west. The tomb is behind the trees.

Image credit: A. Brookes (6.9.2021)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 22, 2022
Image of Tideslow (Chambered Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The two largest slabs, forming the southeastern end of the pit.

Image credit: A. Brookes (6.9.2021)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 22, 2022
Image of Tideslow (Chambered Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Showing the smaller slabs on edge on either side of the pit.

Image credit: A. Brookes (6.9.2021)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 22, 2022
Image of Tideslow (Chambered Cairn) by juamei

Looking over the hollow which Stubob suspects is a lime kiln on top of Tideslow.

juamei
juamei Feb 24, 2013
Image of Tideslow (Chambered Cairn) by postman

This one is a right conundrum lots of mounds each with a hollow in. I’m not even sure Stubobs picture is the same place

Image credit: chris bickerton
postman
postman Nov 12, 2006

Articles

Tideslow

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 22, 2022

Walked up from Tideswell on a lovely late summer/early autumn evening (6.9.2021). I approach along Tideslow Rake from the east, with the extremely disturbed ground and the trees at the top of the hill obscuring the tomb. The trees are full of clearly artificial mounds, but these aren’t the mounds I’m looking for.

Coming out of the trees, the mound I am looking for is massive but very disturbed. Sadly I’ve timed my visit a bit late, so the monument is in deep shadow cast by the trees, while the surrounding countryside basks in lovely low light.

The central pit with the slabs is interesting. Stu describes the pair of slabs at the southeastern end of the pit as coming from a lime kiln. This may be so, but they’re also just the right size for the edging slabs you get in some of the chambers round here (I’m thinking of Green Low near Aldwark, for example). There are further smaller slabs lining the long sides of the pit and I wouldn’t be surprised if these were also part of the original megalithic structure.

Whatever, it’s a fine spot. The resident sheep are a bit non-plussed by my visit and I don’t stay as long as I might have done due to the deep shadow making photos rather unrewarding.

I leave the hilltop down the western slopes, the retrospective view back to the top reminiscent of Minninglow. Once you know where this is, the trees and mast make it quite an obvious landmark in this part of the Peaks.

I return to Tideswell via a nice stroll down Brook Bottom, passing a very peculiar wellhouse made of a cone of (presumably) concrete.

A good way to finish the day.

Tideslow

juamei
juamei Feb 24, 2013

[24/2/13] Well this is a whopper! Completely and utterly trashed however with none of the chambers obvious especially if as Stubub intimates, the large stones on top are the remains of a lime kiln. Don’t let that stop you visiting though, the views are immense in 300+ degrees making most of the northern part of the limestone plateau visible.

Access is best from the road to the West via a field then open access footpath along the edge of Tideslow Rake. You then need to leave the open access area to get to the other side of the wood.

Tideslow

stubob
stubob Jul 6, 2011

Think the stones visible in the hollow on top of the barrow are in fact the remains of a lime kiln.

Tideslow

stubob
stubob Sep 9, 2002

Remains of a chambered cairn, in one of the hollows in the dug out top are 2 large stones, not being an expert, I don’t know if they the remains of the chamber or not. The cairn was built over a standing stone, this stone is supposed to be visible, again is this something to do with the larege stones on the top?

Views over the fields to Win and Lose Hill.

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