Scheduled monuments in High Peak facts for kids
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.
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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. | |
Anglo-Scandinavian high cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket Church | Cross | Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Also a Grade II listed building. | |
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. | |
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 |
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2 bowl barrows on Bole Hill | Barrow | Wormhill |
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Bronze Age field system | Field system | Bamford |
400m south-east of Ladybower Inn | |
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 | |
Cairn on Ludworth Intakes | Cairns | Ludworth, near Stockport |
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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 |
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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. | |
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 |
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Cup-marked stone | Stone | Chisworth |
80m East of Robin Hood's Picking Rods | |
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. | |
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 |
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Harrod Low long barrow | Barrow | Peak Forest |
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Hill's Venture lead mine | Mining | Peak Forest |
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Hollins Hill bowl barrow | Barrow | Hartington |
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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 | |
Melandra Castle (Ardotalia) Roman fort | Fort | Glossop |
Ardotalia (also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle) is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop. | |
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 | |
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. | |
Ox Low oval barrow | Barrow | Peak Forest |
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Oxlow Rake lead mines | Mining | Castleton |
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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 |
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Pin Dale lead side veins | Mining | Castleton |
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Prehistoric standing stone | Stone | Bamford |
1 km SW of triangulation point on High Neb | |
Promontory fort on Combs Edge | Fort | Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Castle Naze Iron Age hillfort on Combs Moss | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. | |
Watt's Grove Rake lead mines | Mining | Peak Forest |
520m north of Sweetknoll | |
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. | |
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. |