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Monument record MDR9244 - Boundary wall, near Harpur Hill; Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Drystone wall constructed mainly of irregular gritstone blocks. The wall stands approximately 0.8m high at its start. There is at least one reused stone sleeper in the beginning section of the wall. NGR: Start SK 04818 70201, finish SK 04085 71745. (1-7)

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 323.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 418-419.
  • <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). XXI.8/4.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. Scenes from the Past: 37 (Part One) Railways of the High Peak. 'Whaley Bridge to Friden'. pp. 37-41.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. p. 77.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 04270 70933 (736m by 1552m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Nov 27 2015 3:39PM

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