The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England. The quartzite rock of the ridge formed some 480 million years ago. During the last Ice Age Stiperstones lay on the eastern margin of the Welsh ice sheet. The hill itself was not glaciated though glaciers occupied surrounding valleys and it was subject to intense freezing and thawing which shattered the quartzite into a mass of jumbled scree surrounding several residual rocky tors. At 536 metres (1,759 ft) above sea level it is the second-highest hill in the county, surpassed only by Brown Clee Hill. Stiperstones' 8-kilometre (5 mi) summit ridge is crowned by several jagged outcrops of rock, which may be seen silhouetted against the sky.
Manstone Rock
Shattered Cambrian quartzite at the Devil's Chair, Stiperstones
The Devil's Chair, looking northwards
The Stiperstones feature in the literary works of Mary Webb and children's author Malcolm Saville.
Shropshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the Welsh border. It is bordered by Wrexham County Borough and Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south and Powys to the west. The largest settlement is Telford, and Shrewsbury is the county town.
Image: Church Stretton beyond Townbrook Valley, Long Mynd, Shropshire
Image: Shrewsbury Market Hall and clock tower geograph.org.uk 3711724
Image: The Iron Bridge, Side Angled View
The Shropshire bulla or sun pendant
