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Eyam Moor
Eyam Moor – To the north of Eyam the land rises up steeply over 400 feet to Eyam Moor, itself being some 800 feet above sea level. Here you can find ‘Wet Withens’, an area which contains an ancient stone circle and several tumuli or burial grounds, together with smaller stone circles and small standing stones. Archaeological excavations in the 19th century revealed numerous urns, arrow heads, spears and axes at this site.
A strange little plant named ‘moonwort’ was said to be found on Eyam Moor which was described by Culpepper as being “an herb which will open locks and unshoe such horses as tread upon it. This some laugh to scorn and these no small fools neither, but country people that I know call it ‘Unshoe the Horse’”.
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