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Image of Carl Wark & Hathersage Moor by obscureed

Carl Wark & Hathersage Moor

This is a carving into a large flat stone. It’s on Hathersage Moor, SK 2532 8173, about 150m NNE of the sheepfold. Where the track forks -- left into a two-wheel track down to the road, right towards Higger Tor -- take the right fork. The stone is a few metres after the path crosses a ditch. The carving is in the middle of the path, and quite clear. It’s about 50cm in diameter. I can’t vouch for its prehistoric quality -- is there a modern explanation?

Image credit: Copyright obscureed 2007

Hob Hurst’s House

Easy to find -- it’s just next to the track (around SK288693), with a fence round it and an explanatory sign. From the south, there’s a decent path up the side of Bunker’s Hill Wood, and the track is well defined. The fence is presumably to exclude sheep -- there’s a stile at the south corner.
It’s a lovely area to stomp around in: the collection of stones about 100m to the south-east is fascinating, and there’s a very nice marker stone (marking three ways -- Chesterfield, Sheffield and Bakewell -- presumably medieval) a few 100m to the east.
Hob Hurst’s House is clearly defined, but not very exciting -- it’s hard to see how it justifies its “Tourist attraction” symbol on the map. More might become clear in winter, but I expect the ground will get pretty soggy. (At the moment, the heather has had a fairly recent haircut.) You get some nice views, though.