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Tegg's Nose is a hill situated east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres (1246 feet) at , terminating in a promontory at the southern end.〔〔 It lies on the western edge of the Peak District, although outside the boundary of the national park.〔Ordnance Survey: The Peak District: White Peak Area (OL24).〕 Much of the hill's area falls within the Tegg's Nose Country Park, managed by Cheshire East Council Countyside Management Service; Tegg's Nose is also part of the Environmentally Sensitive Area Scheme.〔Tegg's Nose Country Park, Cheshire County Council (leaflet).〕 Historically quarried for millstone grit, Tegg's Nose now includes a range of environments including moorland, meadow, farmland, broadleaved woodland and is rich in wildlife. Recreational uses of the area include walking, orienteering, horse riding, fell running, cycling, mountain biking, rock climbing, sledging and fishing. ==History== Originally called "Tegge's Naze", "Tegge" might have been the name of an early Norse settler or might refer to a sheep ("teg"), while "nose" probably refers to the southern promontory.〔 The area is believed to have been occupied during the Bronze Age, and there is a Bronze Age barrow near High Low Farm south of Tegg's Nose.〔〔 After the Norman Conquest it formed part of the Royal Forest of Macclesfield, a hunting reserve owned by the Earls of Chester.〔 The hill was quarried for millstone grit from the 16th century until 1955.〔 There were two quarries, one by the northern viewpoint at Windyway producing a blue stone, and the other near the Tegg's Nose summit producing Tegg's Nose Pink.〔 Quarrying was originally by hand, giving a high-quality product used for buildings, gravestones, kerbs, flagstones and cobbles, which was used as far afield as the Isle of Man. Blasting was introduced in the 1930s, producing crushed stone for roads and airfields, and during the Second World War, rock for runways was extracted using pneumatic drills.〔〔 A collection of historical quarrying equipment is preserved within the Country Park, including a jaw crusher, crane and a stone saw, which was powered by a steam engine.〔〔 There is evidence of a railway track around the disused summit quarry.〔 There is also evidence of a bomb crater at the bottom of Teggsnose caused by a German bomber during WW2 which can be seen from the summit The Bottoms and Teggsnose reservoirs were constructed in 1850 and 1871, respectively, to regulate the flow of the River Bollin feeding the textile mills of Macclesfield and Langley, which once had five water-powered silk mills.〔 The nearby Ridgegate Reservoir to the east was constructed at a similar time to provide drinking water for Macclesfield, with Trentabank Reservoir following in the 1920s.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tegg's Nose」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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