Upon stepping out of the woods onto the sandy clearing of Stormy Point you are greeted by magnificent views. On a clear day one can see as far as the hills of Derbyshire and Yorkshire with Lyme Cage sitting prominently just in front. On the Cheshire plain in the foreground lies Mottram St Andrew, Mottram Common and the Woodford Aerodrome a little further away. Directly below Stormy Point is Dickens Wood and snaking out to the right are Waterfall Wood and Clockhouse Wood. The wooded hill to your left (as you stand facing the view) was the property of Sir Thomas de Trafford [7]. The heather growing in the fenced off area to the right is a reminder of the days when Alderley Edge was heath land.
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The Devil's Grave
The long thin gash in the floor of Stormy Point is a small mine working called the 'Devil's Grave'. The age of the mine is not known but is was probably created to extract a layer of copper impregnated clay which can be seen on the slope [13]. A large block of rock has been placed over a hole in the roof of the workings which are only shallow and are now sealed. The Devil's Grave cuts into Engine Vein Conglomerate which is exposed due to local fault movements and devoid of ore minerals [2].
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