Stanedge Pole also known as Stanage Pole () is a landmark on Hallam Moors close to

Stanage Edge Stanage Edge, or simply Stanage (from "stone edge") is a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District, England, famous as a location for climbing. It lies a couple of miles to the north of Hathersage, and the northern part of the edge forms the b ...

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, England. Standing at a height of 438 metres (1,437 feet), it marks the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire and can be seen for several miles around. A pole has stood on the site since at least 1550. Many initials have been carved into the rock that supports it, and five can be identified as initials of the parish road surveyors who renewed the pole when needed. ''"T.C. 1550"'', ''"H.W. 1581"'', ''"T.M. 1631"'', ''"H.H. 1697"'' and ''"F.N. 1740"'' are the marks of the parish surveyors and the date the pole was renewed.''"Peakland Roads and Trackways"'', A.E. Dodd & E.M. Dodd, Moorland Publishing, , Page 105 The pole is a way marker on a medieval

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road known as the

Long Causeway Long Causeway or Long Causey was a medieval packhorse route in England, which ran between Sheffield in South Yorkshire and Hathersage in Derbyshire. In the past the route was marked on maps as a Roman Road as it was believed it followed part of ...

or Long Causey which runs west from Sheffield. It was used for centuries as a boundary marker between the parishes of Sheffield, Hathersage and Ecclesfield. Although it is widely believed the Long Causeway follows the line of a

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that ran from

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Roman fort to the fort at Navio (

Brough-on-Noe Brough and Shatton is a civil parish in Hope Valley, Derbyshire, Hope Valley in the High Peak, Derbyshire, High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is named for the two hamlets of Brough-on-Noe and Shatton. Brough is about 2 km, or j ...

), archaeologists have cast doubt on this. There is some suggestion that the pole also marks the old boundary between Mercia and Northumberland. The top part of the pole was removed on Friday, 27 February 2015. A spokesperson for the Peak District National Park explained that "the wood on the top half of the pole was rotten and therefore a health and safety risk to the public. We had no choice but to make the pole safe by cutting off the top part.” Base of Stanage Pole

On 17 April 2016 a group of people with an interest in the pole and surrounding environment, including the Peak District National Park Authority and the British Mountaineering Council, erected a new pole at the site to mark the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Peak District National Park. Support for the renewal also came from the

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Cement Works, The Durham Foundry (Sheffield) Ltd, The Cutler's Company, Sheffield Clarion Ramblers and some public subscriptions. The new pole is formed from a locally felled

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tree, with a frame made by Hope Cement Works, and a base cast in Sheffield. The base is cast from ductile iron and has information cast into it (see photograph). Durham Foundry (Sheffield Ltd

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