Monument record MDR9372 - Catch Pit, Cromford Incline, Cromford & High Peak Railway
Type and Period (2)
- BOUNDARY WALL (Hanoverian to Victorian - 1831 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Hanoverian to Victorian - 1831 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- World Heritage Site
Full Description
Catch pit used to halt runaway wagons. There are two parallel mortared gritstone walls, measuring approximately 30m long and 5m wide at the opening of the catch pit. The trackbed slopes down to the pit, which currently has a timber and iron girder 'roof'. The parallel walls narrow within the pit itself, they are approximately 3m high at the bottom of the trackbed. The pit is filled with a large amount of soil, debris and the last runaway wagon. (1)
Sources/Archives (12)
- <1> SDR19352 Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 34.
- <2> SDR19353 Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 45-47.
- <3> SDR19350 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
- <4> SDR19351 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
- <5> SDR19349 Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 24-26, 28, 82.
- <6> SDR19340 Bibliographic reference: Blakemore, M & Mosley, D. 2003. Railways of the Peak District. p. 46, 51.
- <7> SDR19344 Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 71, 76-77, 80, 85.
- <8> SDR18890 Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. p. 66-69.
- <9> SDR19345 Article in serial: Marshall, J. 1981. 'High Peak Sesquicentenary, part one,' Railway Magazine. July edition, pp 322-325. p. 425.
- <10> SDR19348 Bibliographic reference: Nicholson, C P & Barnes, P. 1975. Railways in the Peak District. p. 19.
- <11> SDR10751 Bibliographic reference: Nixon, F. 1969. The Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire. p. 156, 243.
- <12> SDR19341 Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 3.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 3114 5601 (24m by 10m) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
| World Heritage Site | Derwent Valley Mills |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- EDR1790
- EDR3878
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Record last edited
Dec 21 2018 9:27AM