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This is a list of scheduled monuments in the district of High Peak in the English county of Derbyshire.

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. There are about 20,000 scheduled monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry.

While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.

Derbyshire has over 500 scheduled monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges.

Image Name and reference Feature Location Notes
Anglian cross in Hope.jpg
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Hope Cross Hope
Also a Grade II listed building. 9th-century gritstone cross with Celtic decoration.
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Anglo-Scandinavian high cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket Church Cross Chapel-en-le-Frith
Also a Grade II listed building.
Shall Cross at Taxal
Anglo-Scandinavian high cross known as the Shall Cross Cross Whaley Bridge 9th- or 10th-century gritstone cross. A sundial was installed on the shaft in the 18th or 19th century, in place of the original cross head.
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Anthony Hill bowl barrow Barrow Buxton
A partial excavation by Thomas Bateman in 1851 revealed a boar's tusk and scattered human bone. The appearance and location indicate that it dates to the Bronze Age.
2 bowl barrows on Withery Low Barrow Wormhill

2 bowl barrows on Bole Hill Barrow Wormhill

Bronze Age field system Field system Bamford
400m south-east of Ladybower Inn
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Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns Quarrying Buxworth
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Bull Ring henge, oval barrow and bowl barrow Henge Dove Holes
Neolithic circular earthwork about 50m across. It has a central flat area surrounded by a ditch and a bank. There are also two burial mounds about 20m from the henge.
Cairn near Howden Reservoir Dam Cairns Derwent
550m south of Howden Reservoir dam wall; submerged when the reservoir is full.
Cairn on Bamford Edge, near Mooredge Cairns Bamford
500m NE of Mooredge
Cairn on Bamford Edge, near Clough House Cairns Bamford
570m NE of Clough House
Cairn on Bamford Moor, near Great Tor Cairns Bamford
500m East of Great Tor
Cairn on Bamford Moor, near High Lees Farm Cairns Bamford
680m North of High Lees Farm
Cairn on Bamford Moor, near Crow Chin Cairns Bamford
850m NW of Crow Chin
2 Cairns on Bamford Moor, near Clough House Cairns Bamford

960m and 975m NE of Clough House
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Cairn on Ludworth Intakes Cairns Ludworth, near Stockport
2 Cairnfields near High Lees Farm Cairns Bamford

600m and 775m NNE of High Lees Farm
Cairnfield near Ladybower Inn Cairns Bamford
710m and 840m SE of Ladybower Inn
Cairnfield and quarry on Bamford Edge Cairns Bamford
720m North of Clough House
Coalpithole Rake Mining Perryfoot near Sparrowpit
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Cow Low bowl barrow Barrow Chapel-en-le-Frith
Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry) Barrow Buxton
A sub-circular Bronze Age burial mound 29m by 25m and 1.7m high. During excavations in 1846, Thomas Bateman discovered several crouched skeletons, jet necklaces, a hexagonal cist and evidence of burials up to c.AD700.
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Cowdale Quarry limestone extraction and processing site Quarrying King Sterndale, Buxton
A lime extraction plant since the late 19th century. The quarry operated its traditional, coal-fired kilns until its closure in 1954. 540m NE of Staden Manor.
Crookstone Hill round cairn Cairns Hope
Cup-marked stone Stone Chisworth
80m East of Robin Hood's Picking Rods
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Eldon Hill bowl barrow Barrow Peak Forest
Bronze Age burial mound with a recent summit cairn above. Excavations in the 1860s and 1870s found several human skeletons in a tomb with stone structures.
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Eldon Hill crushing circle, associated lead mining remains and palisaded enclosure Mining Peak Forest
7m wide crushing circle with remnants of paving and central edge runner stone. The site also includes remains of shafts and a stone shed. Site of mining of a lead ore vein called Burning Drake Vein.
Engine Sough and associated nucleated lead mine Mining Castleton
500m South of Mam Tor
Fox Low bowl barrow Barrow Buxton
A sub-circular cairn 16m by 14.5m and c.1.5m high. Partially excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1850 and found to contain human remains. The appearance and location indicate it to be of the Bronze Age.
Gautries Hill bowl barrow Barrow Peak Forest
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Gautries Rake Mining Peak Forest
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Green Low ringcairn Cairns Chapel-en-le-Frith
Harrod Low long barrow Barrow Peak Forest
Hill's Venture lead mine Mining Peak Forest
Hollins Hill bowl barrow Barrow Hartington
Hope Motte Fort Hope
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Hordron Edge stone circle Henge Derwent
540m SE of Cutthroat Bridge
How Grove Lead Mine Mining Castleton
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Kinderlow bowl barrow Barrow Hayfield
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Lady Low barrow Barrow Chapel-en-le-Frith
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Lismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement Settlement Buxton
The first inhabitants of Buxton made their home at Lismore Fields 6,000 years ago. The Stone Age settlement was discovered in 1984 with remains of a Mesolithic timber roundhouse, Neolithic longhouses and one of the oldest pots ever found in Britain. Lismore Fields could be the earliest cereal cultivation site discovered in Britain.
Lord's Seat bowl barrow Barrow Edale
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Market cross Cross Chapel-en-le-Frith
Also a Grade II listed building.
Medieval hospital Hospital Castleton
530m SE of Losehill Hall
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Melandra Castle (Ardotalia) Roman fort Fort Glossop
Ardotalia (also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle) is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop.
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Centurion Stone from Navio Roman Fort
Navio Roman Fort and vicus Fort Brough-on-Noe near Hope
Originally built of timber and earthworks around 100 BC. It was rebuilt in stone around 150BC and was in use until around 350 AD. The site now consists of earthwork banks and ditches around an earthen platform, buried remains and a few exposed stone slabs. Excavations in 1903 revealed an underground chamber of the Principia or headquarters building.
New Rake lead mines Mining Castleton
600m SE of Rowter Farm
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Odin Mine nucleated lead mine and ore works Mining Castleton
The oldest documented mine in Derbyshire and thought to be one of the oldest lead mines in England. 350m WNW of Knowlegates Farm.
Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale Cairns King Sterndale, Buxton
One of two cairns lying c.100m apart. Measuring 28m x 18.5m and now less than 1m high. Neolithic in shape and 19th-century excavations found a polished flint axe, buried human remains on a limestone slab and several jet buttons. A stone cist contained two further burials, fragments of Beaker pottery and flint flakes, suggesting reuse of the cairn into the early Bronze Age.
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Ox Low oval barrow Barrow Peak Forest
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Oxlow Rake lead mines Mining Castleton
Palisaded hilltop enclosure Enclosure Castleton
230m SSE of Dirt Low
Part of Goyt's Moss colliery Mining Buxton
Centered 220m south west of Derbyshire Bridge
Peakshill or Oden sough Mining Peak Forest
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Perry Dale bowl barrow and long barrow Barrow Peak Forest
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Peveril Castle and Cavedale
Peveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castle Castle Castleton
A ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton. It was the main settlement of William Peverel. Also a Grade I listed building.
Pike Low bowl barrow Barrow Derwent
Pin Dale lead side veins Mining Castleton
Prehistoric standing stone Stone Bamford
1 km SW of triangulation point on High Neb
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Promontory fort on Combs Edge Fort Chapel-en-le-Frith
Castle Naze Iron Age hillfort on Combs Moss
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Reconstructed packhorse bridge from Derwent Hall Bridge Bamford, Hope Valley
When Ladybower Reservoir was built, Derwent's packhorse bridge spanning the River Derwent near the main gates of Derwent Hall, was removed stone by stone and rebuilt at Slippery Stones, at the head of Howden Reservoir. Also a Grade II listed building.
Ring cairn on Bamford Moor Cairns Bamford
900m NE of Lydgate Farm
Ringwork in Castlehill Wood Earthwork Glossop
Roman fortlet Fort Tintwistle
320m East of Highstones
Romano-British farmstead Settlement Bamford
475m East of Ladybower Inn
Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning site Settlement Derwent
570m NE of Ladybower Inn
Round barrow Barrow Castleton 500m SW of Peveril Castle
Round cairn near Crookhill Farm Cairns Hope Woodlands
430m West of Crookhill Farm
Round cairn and clearance cairn Cairns Hope Woodlands
770m NW of Crookhill Farm
Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale Cairns King Sterndale, Buxton
One of two cairns lying c.100m apart, measuring 14m x 13m and c.1m high. It was opened in 1896 and found to contain a pit under a large slab with a crouched body covered with a mixture of clay, leaves and charcoal (associated with burnt bones).
Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge Cairns Charlesworth
2 Round cairns on Bridge-end Pasture Cairns Hope Woodlands

300m and 600m NE of Two Thorne Fields Farm
Slight univallate hillfort and two bowl barrows on Mam Tor Fort Castleton
Slitherstone and Linacre lead mines and a limekiln Mining Castleton
725m SW of Rowter Farm
Snelslow Plantation bowl barrow Barrow Peak Forest
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Staden Low earthwork Earthwork Staden, Buxton
A circular Neolithic earthwork excavated in 1926 by Mr R Woolescroft, who discovered a stone axe head, flint artefacts, pottery fragments and pieces of deer antler.
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Standing cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Hope Cross Hope
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Standing cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket Church Cross Chapel-en-le-Frith
Stone circle near Crookhill Farm Henge Hope Woodlands
330m NW of Crookhill Farm
The Folly platform cairn Cairns Hope
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The Grey Ditch Earthwork Brough and Shatton
The Tong bowl barrow and long barrow Barrow Wormhill
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Town defences Defences Castleton
13th-century earthwork bank and ditch remains

270m north and 350m north-east of Peveril Castle

Two hlaews at Haslin House Burial mound Buxton
Pre-Christian burial mounds from the 7th century AD. The northernmost is 14m by 13m and 0.7m high and was partially excavated in 1850 by Thomas Bateman. It contained a small central cairn over a rock-cut grave, with human remains buried in a wooden coffin or surrounded by wooden planks.
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Watt's Grove Rake lead mines Mining Peak Forest
520m north of Sweetknoll
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Wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods Cross Chisworth
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Wayside and boundary cross known as Edale Cross Cross Hayfield
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Wayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping Stone Cross Whaley Bridge
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Wayside cross known as Eccles Cross Cross Hope
The 13th-century cross was moved to St Peter's churchyard in 1966 from higher ground c.500m away by the lane to Eccles House Farm.
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Wind Low bowl barrow and standing cross Cross Wormhill
Base of a medieval standing cross and barrow mound 16m by 12m. Excavation by Thomas Bateman in 1846 found Bronze-Age human remains, jewellery & pottery fragments.
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