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Monument record MDR9249 - Boundary wall, Harpur Hill (original trackbed); Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Old Harpur Hill deviation. Boundary drystone wall, constructed of irregular limestone blocks. Approximately 1m high, but very tumbled in places. Where the wall runs along the bottom of embankment SMR 31621, it is extremely tumbled. The wall is inaccessible at its end point. The wall is in a poor state with many breaks along its length. (1). NGR: SK 04997 70070 - SK 05186 69680

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 328.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 423.
  • <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; XXII.5.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 05032 69892 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2011 9:46AM

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