Monument record MDR9178 - Original trackbed embankment, Cotesfield Farm: Cromford & High Peak Railway
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY EMBANKMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Slight embankment approximately 1.5m high and approximately 0.5m wide. Embankment of the original track. Begins on Peak District National Park land, where it leaves the current track it is covered by heavy vegetation. The track then enters private farmland, belonging to Cotesfield Farm, where it is grazed and much more visible as an earthwork. On the farmland the embankment has a sloping stone face. The embankment continues within a small wood, where it is heavily overgrown with trees and a large amount of tumbled stone, possibly from a boundary wall, but equally from a sloping stone face of the embankment.(1-4).
NGR: SK 13646 64343 - SK 13315 64475
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDR19352 Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 259.
- <2> SDR19353 Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 342, 344.
- <3> SDR19350 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
- <4> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Derbyshire XXVII.8.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 13529 64455 (point) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARTINGTON MIDDLE QUARTER, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- EDR1790
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Record last edited
Oct 31 2007 2:05PM