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The hill side agriculture of the high gritstone drained out lands of the south Pennines, which impressively start to the north of the city.
Away to the westward, ridge upon ridge of coal measure country rises to the far stretch of horizon that marks the fringe of Peakland's gritstone moors.
AMONG the many barrows and cairns on the moor - a Bronze Age burial ground - is a small stone circle of nine gritstone boulders.
 
 
 
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