Mam Tor and the transit of Venus

Archaeoastronomy is all about the connection between ancient sites and astronomical features. Many such connections have been proposed, whether likely, possible or implausible but so far as we know no-one has yet  suggested the ancients were clever enough to deliberately use a site for viewing a transit of Venus…..

Still, on 6th June several astronomers from the Peak District Dark Skies Project will be on hand from 4:30am with telescopes and special glasses to allow members of the public to view the transit of Venus from the summit of the Mam Tor “Mother Hill” which is enclosed by Bronze Age earthworks.

You have to wonder, has the transit ever been observed from there before? Or a number of times?!