To our ancestors, pairs of hills were highly significant due to their breast-like and therefore, life-sustaining, appearance. This is evidenced today by the fact that many such hills including the ones at Tunstall are known as ‘Maiden Paps’. This naming custom has its origins in Goddess worship, as our Neolithic ancestors would have likely practised in some form. A number of notable Neolithic burials have been unearthed on the Southern Hill or ‘Craggy Hill’. In 1814 a cist was discovered with burnt remains and in 1887 a grave ‘hewn out of the solid limestone’ was discovered with a human skeleton, whilst preparing a bonfire to mark Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee. Today the hills are a well-known nature reserve, due mainly to the unique magnesian limestone ridge and the accompanying soil properties, which make it a haven for geologists and botanists.