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death in a shooting accident on the moor above it, the house was left empty. The house was later acquired by the Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and
Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee. Boundary stones demarcating the extent of the estate are located at intervals along the footpaths along the south
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The reservoirs and surrounding moorland attract walkers and hikers. Joggers compete in a race every Friday evening in the summer months. The path around Dove Stone is well maintained, gravelled and relatively flat. Leading off its circular path are paths to Chew
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December 2015, a man who travelled from London to Manchester and walked to a location close to the reservoir, died on the Chew Track. The unknown individual was initially nicknamed "Neil Dovestones" by pathologists, until he was identified as
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On the northern end of Dove Stone Moss, above the Ashway Gap, the Ashway Stone is a memorial to James Platt, MP for Oldham, who was killed by an accidental discharge of the gun of Josiah
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car parks. There are toilets at Binn Green and at the main car park. The Peak
District Park Ranger Service maintains an office next to the main car park and rangers patrol the reservoirs and park at weekends.
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Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870. The scheme was completed with Dove Stone Reservoir in 1968 to collect water from the surrounding
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is the clay core. Dove Stone is possibly the last large dam to be built in
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Started in 1999, the "Life for a Life" plantation allows people to pay to have a tree planted in the name of a loved one. More than 700 trees have been planted.
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drop-shaft overflow in one corner, a feature not normally seen on Pennine dams which usually have masonry spillways.
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