Stanton Moor and a circular walk was one of the recommendations from our visit to the Barley Mow the previous evening. The weather was bright but as it has been for the duration of our trip, quite chilly.

Stanton Moor is a small highland area of the Peak District and lies between Matlock and Bakewell. The moor has four Bronze Age stone circles, of which the best known is Nine Ladies.

Spread across the rest of the moor are a number of Cairns.

The circular walk we followed was also documented in our Ordnance Survey “Peak District Walks” book and despite this book being some thirty years old, it appears the stone circles and monuments haven’t moved during the intervening period!