List of hillforts in the Peak District facts for kids
This is a partial list of hillforts in the Peak District of England, arranged alphabetically. Most lie within the Peak District National Park. The sites are typically protected Scheduled Monuments.
Name | Image | Location | County | Notes | Refs |
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Ball Cross | Near Bakewell
SK 2278 6912 |
Derbyshire | Small promontory fort on a spur of Calton Hill (south of Ballcross Farm). Findings date from the Iron Age and Bronze Age. | ||
Burr Tor | Great Hucklow
SK 1799 7832 |
Derbyshire | Oval prehistoric enclosure. About 400m by 170m. It is now Camphill Airfield, home of Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club. | ||
Carl Wark | Near Hathersage
SK 2595 8143 |
Derbyshire | Fortified outcrop of Millstone Grit on Hathersage Moor. About 180m by 60m. Considered to date back to the Iron Age with evidence of use in Roman times. | ||
Castle Dike | Langsett
SE 2063 0081 |
South Yorkshire | Earthwork bank and ditch of an Iron Age univallate hillfort or enclosure. About 90m by 50m, on the flat top of Gilbert Hill. | ||
Castle Naze | Near Chapel-en-le-Frith
SK 0533 7843 |
Derbyshire | Iron Age promontory hillfort on Combs Moss. Triangular in shape with sides of about 200m. | ||
Castle RIng | Near Youlgreave
SK 2207 6284 |
Derbyshire | It now consists of an oval earthwork ditch (about 5m wide and 100m across) with inner and outer banks, up to 2m high. It hasn't been excavated but it is considered to be an integral part of the Bronze Age landscape of Harthill Moor. | ||
Fin Cop | Near Ashford in the Water
SK 1743 7089 |
Derbyshire | An Iron Age hillfort in Monsal Dale, constructed between 440BC and 390BC. | ||
Mam Tor | Near Castleton
SK 1277 8361 |
Derbyshire | A univallate fort on the summit of the hill. About 400m by 300m. Nearby bowl barrows date from the Neolithic period and Bronze Age. |
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