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Monument record MDR9341 - Retaining Wall, High Peak Junction Branch Line, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • World Heritage Site

Full Description

NGR: SK 31939 55449 - SK 31749 55367. Drystone retaining wall, between 0.4m - 3m high, with a low parapet approximately 1m high. There is a crennalated top to the parapet. The wall is constructed of gritstone blocks and is approximately 2.30m long. (1)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 2.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 2.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). XXXIV.11/15.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3178 5537 (259m by 68m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
World Heritage Site Derwent Valley Mills

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Dec 21 2018 9:27AM

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