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Monument record MDR9370 - Boundary Wall, Cromford Incline, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • World Heritage Site

Full Description

NGR: SK 31198 56014 - SK 31083 56045. Drystone wall constructed of roughly dressed blocks. Adjacent to the A6 road bridge, the wall is approximately 1.6m high at its start. At several points, it becomes a retaining wall. (1)

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 32.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 42.
  • <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). XXXIV.11.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 70, 76, 77, 85.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 25, 26, 28, 86.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. p. 47, 66-68.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Blakemore, M & Mosley, D. 2003. Railways of the Peak District. p. 46.
  • <10> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3114 5603 (123m by 25m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
World Heritage Site Derwent Valley Mills

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Dec 21 2018 9:27AM

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