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Monument record MDR9121 - Railway cutting, near Chapel Plantation, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A cutting through limestone, approximately five metres wide and five metes high, and is higher on the south side. It is overgrown with vegetation. The walls continue over the top of the cutting and dip down into it, where the cutting edge is uneven. (1-4). NGR: SK 19163 58270 - SK 18907 58402

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 290.
  • <2> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 209.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Derbyshire XXXIII.6.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 19044 58330 (265m by 156m)
Civil Parish PARWICH, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Jan 4 2008 2:49PM

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