Stanedge Pole

Stanedge Pole is a famous landmark on Hallam Moors close to Stanage Edge in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the western border of Sheffield and can be seen for several miles around. The pole is a way marker on a medieval packhorse road known as the Long Causey or Long Causeway [ [http://www.peakdistrict.org/index/looking-after/vehicles/vehicles-routes/longcauseway-map.htm PeakDistrict.org.uk] ] which runs west from Sheffield. [Dodd A.E. & Dodd E.M. Peakland Roads and Trackways, 3rd ed. Landmark, 2000] Although it is widely believed that the Long Causeway follows the line of a Roman road that ran from Templeborough Roman fort to the fort at Navio (Brough-on-Noe), archaeologists have cast doubt on this. [Barnett J. & Smith K. English Heritage book of the Peak District. Batsford, 1997]

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