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Monument record MDR9532 - Retaining wall, Lower Crist Cottages to Stephanie Works: Peak Forest Tramway, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Drystone retaining wall holding up the Peak Forest Tramway track at the edge of a slope down to Black Brook. Constructed of irregular gritstone blocks, approximately one metre high. The wall is covered in moss, vegetation and trees and has been repaired in parts. (1). NGR: SK 02831 82140 - SK 03241 82086

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 8.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 17.
  • <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). VIII.12.
  • <5> Map: OS. 2002. OS Explorer OL1 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Lamb, B. 1968. 'The canal, Bugsworth complex and tramway: a discourse in maps', The Peak Forest Canal and Tramway.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Findlow, A (Inland Waterways Preservation Society). 2001. An Assessment of the Archaeological and Historical Significance of Bugsworth Basin.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 03026 82063 (468m by 101m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

May 7 2020 4:43PM

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