Monument record MDR706 - Doctor's Gate (possible route of), through Charlesworth
Type and Period (1)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Roman Road between Shelf and Coldharbour Moors. (1)
Possibly a prehistoric trackway improved in Roman times. (3-4)
It is part of a major valley through-route first recorded in 1627 as "Docto Talbotes Gate" and still known today as Doctor's gate. It was the Hope to Glossop packhorse route which was replaced by the turnpike in 1821. It is also reputed to be a Roman road joining the forts at Brough and Glossop. No evidence for its Roman antiquity has been discovered. Excavations along its route south of Crookstone have found metalling. This has been taken as automatic proof for a Roman date, even though it is now known that packhorse routes were often metalled over boggy ground. (4)
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDR14041 Index: NDAT 0659.
- <2> SDR13922 Bibliographic reference: Smithard, W. 1911. 'Notes on the Roman roads called Batham Gate and Doctor Gate', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol. 33, pp 95-100.
- <3> SDR3992 Article in serial: Cockerton, R W. 1933. 'The Doctors Gate', The Derbyshire Countryside. Volume 3, pp 19-20, 39-40.
- <4> SDR19950 Bibliographic reference: Dodd, A & Dodd, E. 2000. Peakland Roads & Trackways, 3rd edition. pp 36-39.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 076 940 (2921m by 1337m) (Centred on) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHARLESWORTH, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 13 2015 8:51AM