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Monument record MDR9224 - Retaining wall/boundary wall, Harpur Hill: Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Retaining wall in the vicinity of cutting SMR 31132. Drystone wall construction of large irregular limestone blocks. The cutting creates a 'shelf/terrace' cutting into the hillside. The hill slopes toward the north and the wall retains a drop where the hill slopes downward. The wall stands approximately 3m at its highest point. The retaining wall then becomes a typical boundary wall at the embankment (SMR 31135). (1) NGR: SK 06487 70908 - SK 05822 70710

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 303.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 391.
  • <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). XXII.5.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. Scenes from the Past: 37 (Part One) Railways of the High Peak. 'Whaley Bridge to Friden'. pp 45-46.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p 54.
  • <7> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p 12.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 06310 70971 (point)
Civil Parish BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Jan 7 2014 3:09PM

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