Pendle Hill Long Circular
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Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is known for the Pendle Hill witch trials in 1612, where twelve people were accused and charged with the murder of ten people. It is also the site where Richard Towneley used a barometer to measure the air pressure on the hill, and where George Fox, an English Dissenter, claimed to have been sent to receive visions. The hill is formed of Pendle grit, a carboniferous sandstone, and it has steep slopes that are prone to landslides. According to legend, the Devil leapt from Hamilton Hill and landed on an outcrop on the slopes of Pendle Hill, leaving a footprint behind. As he collected boulders in his apron and hurled them at Clitheroe Castle, his apron tore, and the boulders tumbled down towards Pendleton, where they can still be seen.

Pendle Hill Long Circular