Dovedale, Staffordshire - Mill Dale (Milldale) entrance, gate - postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  Mill Dale [or Milldale] Entrance, Dovedale - shows a man at a gate - Milldale is on the West side of the Dove and therefore in Staffordshire not Derbyshire
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Dovedale is a valley in the Peak District of England.^[1] The land is owned by the National Trust, and annually attracts a million visitors.^[2] The valley was cut by the River Dove and runs for just over 3 miles (5 km) between Milldale in the north and a wooded ravine near Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill in the south.^[3] In the wooded ravine, a set of stepping stones cross the river,^[4] and there are two caves known as the Dove Holes.

Dovedale's other attractions include rock pillars such as Ilam Rock,^[5] Viator's Bridge, and the limestone features Lovers' Leap and Reynard's Cave.^[6]

The limestone rock that forms the geology of Dovedale is the fossilised remains of sea creatures that lived in a shallow sea over the area during the Carboniferousperiod, about 350 million years ago. During the two ice ages, the limestone rock (known as reef limestone) was cut into craggy shapes by glacial meltwater, and dry caves such as Dove Holes and Reynard's Kitchen Cave were eventually formed.^[7]

The caves were used as shelters by hunters around 13,000 BCE, and Dovedale has seen continuous human activity since. Around 4,500 years ago Neolithic farmers used the caves as tombs. There is evidence from Reynard's Cave of Bronze Age activity, and artifacts found there are displayed at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.^[8]

Vikings settled in the area around 800 CE. Local place names such as Thorpe are of Scandinavian origin.^[9] These settlements became permanent, and Thorpe is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.^[10]

Viator's Bridge, a packhorse bridge in Milldale has been in use since the medieval period when silks and flax were transported from nearby Wetton and Alstonefield.^[11]

Tourism started in the 18th century, and Dovedale is now one of the most visited natural tourist sites in Britain.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2014 it was announced that a hoard of Late Iron Age and Roman coins has been discovered in Reynard's Kitchen Cave.^[12] The 26 coins discovered, which have been declared as "treasure", included three Roman coins that pre-date the Roman invasion of Britain, and 20 other gold and silver pieces of Late Iron Age date and thought to derive from the Corieltavi tribe. National Trust archaeologist Rachael Hall said: "The coins would suggest a serious amount of wealth and power of the individual who owned them."^[13] The coins were scheduled to go on display at Buxton Museum in late 2014.

Milldale is a village of stone cottages at the northern end of Dovedale and the main access point to the dale from the north.^[19] A corn mill existed until the mid-19th century, its stables are now used as an information hut by the National Trust.^[20]