Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Raw Head
Height: 227m / 745ft • Prominence: 148m / 486ft • Summit : ground by trig point • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Orion over Wrexham
View from Rawhead looking over Cheshire countryside towards Wrexham 28x 8 second exposures stacked in Sequator for noise reduction and edited in LR to make the constellation stand out a little more
19-Mar-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
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Rawhead Bokeh Trails
An Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on top of Rawhead, Cheshire. Experimenting with defocused star trails tonight - Jupiter and Taurus are moving through the background over the lights of Wrexham on the horizon 64x 30 second exposures at F2.8, ISO 800, taken with Sony A7III and Voigtlander 50F2 APO-Lanthar, stacked in StarStax
18-Mar-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
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Bickerton Copper Mine Chimney
A relic of an abandoned mine on Cheshire's Sandstone Trail. Orion and Sirius shine brightly through the passing cloud layer Shot with the Voigtlander 50MM Apo-Lanthar. Vertical panorama made with three horizontal panels each of 12x stacked images shot at F2, ISO640, 10 seconds. Stacked in Sequator and stitched in Microsoft ICE
20-Feb-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
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Bickerton Memorial
The cross is in the graveyard across the lane from the church. I also noticed the "throne". In the background is Raw Head which was the first port of call on a figure-of-eight walk from Bickerton.
03-Dec-24 • ARG_Flickr • flickr
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Fair Weather Clouds
Looking down towards the southern end of Bickerton Hill as we headed there from Harthill.
03-Dec-24 • ARG_Flickr • flickr
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Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Stacked
Trying out an old aps-c lens. 6x 2 second exposures stacked with Sequator for noise reduction
21-Oct-24 • Ben Wightman • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
Now would be a good time for a cup of tea.
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Orion over Wrexham
View from Rawhead looking over Cheshire countryside towards Wrexham 28x 8 second exposures stacked in Sequator for noise reduction and edited in LR to make the constellation stand out a little more
19-Mar-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
orion wrexham rawhead cheshire 54397843638
Rawhead Bokeh Trails
An Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on top of Rawhead, Cheshire. Experimenting with defocused star trails tonight - Jupiter and Taurus are moving through the background over the lights of Wrexham on the horizon 64x 30 second exposures at F2.8, ISO 800, taken with Sony A7III and Voigtlander 50F2 APO-Lanthar, stacked in StarStax
18-Mar-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
stars startrails cheshire sony a7iii voigtlander 50f2 50mm apo apolanthar apochromatic astrophotography ordnancesurvey trigpoints pillar starstax night sky rawhead bickerton 54397141000
Bickerton Copper Mine Chimney
A relic of an abandoned mine on Cheshire's Sandstone Trail. Orion and Sirius shine brightly through the passing cloud layer Shot with the Voigtlander 50MM Apo-Lanthar. Vertical panorama made with three horizontal panels each of 12x stacked images shot at F2, ISO640, 10 seconds. Stacked in Sequator and stitched in Microsoft ICE
20-Feb-25 • Ben Wightman • flickr
orion sirius bickerton cheshire sandstonetrail chimney coppermine stars night nightscape astrophotography a7iii sony voigtlander apo 50mm 50f2 panoramic 54341859985
Bickerton Memorial
The cross is in the graveyard across the lane from the church. I also noticed the "throne". In the background is Raw Head which was the first port of call on a figure-of-eight walk from Bickerton.
03-Dec-24 • ARG_Flickr • flickr
54188648285
Fair Weather Clouds
Looking down towards the southern end of Bickerton Hill as we headed there from Harthill.
03-Dec-24 • ARG_Flickr • flickr
54188491544
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Stacked
Trying out an old aps-c lens. 6x 2 second exposures stacked with Sequator for noise reduction
21-Oct-24 • Ben Wightman • flickr
tsuchinshanatlas comet astrophotography astrolandscape 54084003441
Bickerton Hill
Astrophotography first attempt and first image made using Adobe Lightroom. Near Kitty's Stone on Bickerton Hill. Facing south east towards Whitchurch.
16-Mar-24 • Ben Wightman • flickr
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Greenery
A well made path from the sandstone ridge down towards the village of Harthill was lined with beech trees.
06-Jan-23 • ARG_Flickr • flickr
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A chimney near Galantry Bank
Walking across the fields meant I could see a chimney!
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Videos
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Part 9 Sandstone Trail circular hiking loops.
Bloody Bones Cave, Raw Head, by The Mystic Masque Website: http://www.mysticmasque.com/ Dated "July 2nd 2020"
Droppingstone Well, Raw Head by The Mystic Masque Website: http://www.mysticmasque.com/ Dated "July 2nd 2020"
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.