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Monument record MDR9419 - Boundary Wall, Black Rocks, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • World Heritage Site Buffer Zone

Full Description

NGR: SK 29201 55783 - SK 29064 55580. Drystone wall, approximately 1m high, constructed of regular gritstone blocks laid in courses. A few reused railway sleepers have been incorporated into the wall. The wall ends in a siding [SMR 15595] and approximately 3m of the wall is within the siding. (1)

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 77.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 114.
  • <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. 10.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 5.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Blakemore, M & Mosley, D. 2003. Railways of the Peak District. p. 47.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 1, 60.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. p. 78.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 2913 5569 (110m by 165m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish WIRKSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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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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