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Natural PlacesSite Name: Peter's Stone Alternative Name: Pulpit Stone, Gibbet StoneCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tideswell Nearest Village: Litton
Map Ref: SK17387525
Latitude: 53.273953N Longitude: 1.740838W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Couplands visited on 13th Jan 2023 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 2
markj99 visited on 22nd Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Peter's Stone is a spectacular natural stone, easily visited from a path leading from a path leading from a lay-by at SK 17290 75427 on Mires Lane.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3
Peter’s Stone is a natural limestone rock reminiscent of St Peter’s Dome in the Vatican. Peter's Stone is located around 0.25 miles E of Litton, a village in the Peak District. Perched above the steep slopes of Cressbrook Dale there are spectacular views to and from Peter’s Stone dome.
An alternative name for this site, Gibbet Rock, derives from it being the location of the last public gibbeting in 1815. It is also known as Pulpit Rock due to it’s visual similarity.
Directions: Take the Cressbrook/Litton road off the A623 at SK 1759 7574. Park in the second lay-by at SK 1728 7542 after c. 0.33 miles. A path starts at a gate in the lay-by, leading down into Cressbrook Dale then steeply up to Peter’s Stone. Rock steps have been cut into the stone to allow access to the summit of the natural dome.
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