Scheduled monuments in High Peak

This is a list of Scheduled Monuments in the district of High Peak in the English county of Derbyshire.

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites.[1] Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as scheduled ancient monuments. There are about 20,000 Scheduled Monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry.

While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.[2]

Derbyshire has over 500 Scheduled Monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges.[3]

Image	Name and reference	Feature	Location	Notes
	Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Hope[4]	Cross	Hope SK17238345	Also a Grade II listed building.[5] 9th-century gritstone cross with Celtic decoration.
	Anglo-Scandinavian high cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket Church[6]	Cross	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0576280813	Also a Grade II listed building.[7]
Shall Cross at Taxal	Anglo-Scandinavian high cross known as the Shall Cross[8]	Cross	Whaley BridgeSK0163579639	9th- or 10th-century gritstone cross. A sundial was installed on the shaft in the 18th or 19th century, in place of the original cross head.
	Anthony Hill bowl barrow[9]	Barrow	Buxton SK0465370662	A partial excavation by Thomas Bateman in 1851 revealed a boar's tusk and scattered human bone. The appearance and location indicate that it dates to the Bronze Age.
	2 bowl barrows on Withery Low[10][11]	Barrow	Wormhill SK1022876519 SK1016576498
	2 bowl barrows on Bole Hill[12][13]	Barrow	Wormhill SK1071575692 SK1063075554
	Bronze Age field system[14]	Field system	Bamford SK2077086292	400m south-east of Ladybower Inn
	Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns[15]	Quarrying	Buxworth SK0245282063
	Bull Ring henge, oval barrow and bowl barrow[16]	Henge	Dove Holes SK0784678237	Neolithic circular earthwork about 50m across. It has a central flat area surrounded by a ditch and a bank. There are also two burial mounds about 20m from the henge.
	Cairn near Howden Reservoir Dam[17]	Cairns	Derwent SK1692091891	550m south of Howden Reservoir dam wall; submerged when the reservoir is full.
	Cairn on Bamford Edge, near Mooredge[18]	Cairns	Bamford SK2084284857	500m NE of Mooredge
	Cairn on Bamford Edge, near Clough House[19]	Cairns	Bamford SK2136984350	570m NE of Clough House
	Cairn on Bamford Moor, near Great Tor[20]	Cairns	Bamford SK2139084775	500m East of Great Tor
	Cairn on Bamford Moor, near High Lees Farm[21]	Cairns	Bamford SK2153184424	680m North of High Lees Farm
	Cairn on Bamford Moor, near Crow Chin[22]	Cairns	Bamford SK2161585859	850m NW of Crow Chin
	2 Cairns on Bamford Moor, near Clough House[20]	Cairns	Bamford SK2139084775 SK2139084775	960m and 975m NE of Clough House
	Cairn on Ludworth Intakes[23]	Cairns	Ludworth, near Stockport SJ9898091310
	2 Cairnfields near High Lees Farm[24][25]	Cairns	Bamford SK2174684322 SK2192984422	600m and 775m NNE of High Lees Farm
	Cairnfield near Ladybower Inn[26]	Cairns	Bamford SK2071685856	710m and 840m SE of Ladybower Inn
	Cairnfield and quarry on Bamford Edge[27]	Cairns	Bamford SK2109484582	720m North of Clough House
	Coalpithole Rake[28]	Mining	Perryfoot near Sparrowpit SK0989781114
	Cow Low bowl barrow[29]	Barrow	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0653778665
	Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry)[30]	Barrow	Buxton SK1027472976	A sub-circular Bronze Age burial mound 29m by 25m and 1.7m high. During excavations in 1846, Thomas Bateman discovered several crouched skeletons, jet necklaces, a hexagonal cist and evidence of burials up to c.AD700.
	Cowdale Quarry limestone extraction and processing site[31]	Quarrying	King Sterndale, Buxton SK0791672480	A lime extraction plant since the late 19th century. The quarry operated its traditional, coal-fired kilns until its closure in 1954. 540m NE of Staden Manor.
	Crookstone Hill round cairn[32]	Cairns	Hope SK1489788197
	Cup-marked stone[33]	Stone	Chisworth SK0069290942	80m East of Robin Hood's Picking Rods
	Eldon Hill bowl barrow[34]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK1155881147	Bronze Age burial mound with a recent summit cairn above. Excavations in the 1860s and 1870s found several human skeletons in a tomb with stone structures.
	Eldon Hill crushing circle, associated lead mining remains and palisaded enclosure[35]	Mining	Peak Forest SK1175581132	7m wide crushing circle with remnants of paving and central edge runner stone. The site also includes remains of shafts and a stone shed. Site of mining of a lead ore vein called Burning Drake Vein.
	Engine Sough and associated nucleated lead mine[36]	Mining	Castleton SK1274383253	500m South of Mam Tor
	Fox Low bowl barrow[37]	Barrow	Buxton SK0672971236	A sub-circular cairn 16m by 14.5m and c.1.5m high. Partially excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1850 and found to contain human remains. The appearance and location indicate it to be of the Bronze Age.
	Gautries Hill bowl barrow[38]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK0987180982
	Gautries Rake[39]	Mining	Peak Forest SK1009980821
	Green Low ringcairn[40]	Cairns	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0840482989
	Harrod Low long barrow[41]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK0984480592
	Hill's Venture lead mine[42]	Mining	Peak Forest SK1243379278
	Hollins Hill bowl barrow[43]	Barrow	Hartington SK0604067909
	Hope Motte[44]	Fort	Hope SK1715383433
	Hordron Edge stone circle[45]	Henge	Derwent SK2152486851	540m SE of Cutthroat Bridge
	How Grove Lead Mine[46]	Mining	Castleton SK1484681785
	Kinderlow bowl barrow[47]	Barrow	Hayfield SK0732486665
	Lady Low barrow[48]	Barrow	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0653278188
	Lismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement[49]	Settlement	Buxton SK0498473218	The first inhabitants of Buxton made their home at Lismore Fields 6,000 years ago. The Stone Age settlement was discovered in 1984 with remains of a Mesolithic timber roundhouse, Neolithic longhouses and one of the oldest pots ever found in Britain. Lismore Fields could be the earliest cereal cultivation site discovered in Britain.[50]
	Lord's Seat bowl barrow[51]	Barrow	Edale SK1124983461
	Market cross[52]	Cross	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0570880703	Also a Grade II listed building.[53]
	Medieval hospital [54]	Hospital	Castleton SK1554783329	530m SE of Losehill Hall
	Melandra Castle (Ardotalia) Roman fort[55]	Fort	Glossop SK0093595049	Ardotalia (also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle) is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop.
Centurion Stone from Navio Roman Fort	Navio Roman Fort and vicus[56]	Fort	Brough-on-Noe near Hope SK1818682692	Originally built of timber and earthworks around 100 BC. It was rebuilt in stone around 150BC and was in use until around 350 AD. The site now consists of earthwork banks and ditches around an earthen platform, buried remains and a few exposed stone slabs. Excavations in 1903 revealed an underground chamber of the Principia or headquarters building.
	New Rake lead mines[57]	Mining	Castleton SK1376482034	600m SE of Rowter Farm
	Odin Mine nucleated lead mine and ore works[58]	Mining	Castleton SK1341283493	The oldest documented mine in Derbyshire and thought to be one of the oldest lead mines in England. 350m WNW of Knowlegates Farm.
	Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale[59]	Cairns	King Sterndale, Buxton SK0862771485	One of two cairns lying c.100m apart. Measuring 28m x 18.5m and now less than 1m high. Neolithic in shape and 19th-century excavations found a polished flint axe, buried human remains on a limestone slab and several jet buttons. A stone cist contained two further burials, fragments of Beaker pottery and flint flakes, suggesting reuse of the cairn into the early Bronze Age.
	Ox Low oval barrow[60]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK1300380542
	Oxlow Rake lead mines[61]	Mining	Castleton SK1285780329
	Palisaded hilltop enclosure[62]	Enclosure	Castleton SK1561182072	230m SSE of Dirt Low
	Part of Goyt's Moss colliery[63]	Mining	Buxton SK0145571773	Centered 220m south west of Derbyshire Bridge
	Peakshill or Oden sough[64]	Mining	Peak Forest SK1172382953
	Perry Dale bowl barrow and long barrow[65]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK1091981183
Peveril Castle and Cavedale	Peveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castle[66]	Castle	Castleton SK1485382540	A ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton. It was the main settlement of William Peverel. Also a Grade I listed building.[67]
	Pike Low bowl barrow[68]	Barrow	Derwent SK1803189747
	Pin Dale lead side veins[69]	Mining	Castleton SK1582282340
	Prehistoric standing stone[70]	Stone	Bamford SK2201284694	1 km SW of triangulation point on High Neb
	Promontory fort on Combs Edge[71]	Fort	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0536478410	Castle Naze Iron Age hillfort on Combs Moss
	Reconstructed packhorse bridge from Derwent Hall[72][73]	Bridge	Bamford, Hope Valley SK1692295123	When Ladybower Reservoir was built, Derwent's packhorse bridge spanning the River Derwent near the main gates of Derwent Hall, was removed stone by stone and rebuilt at Slippery Stones, at the head of Howden Reservoir. Also a Grade II listed building.[74]
	Ring cairn on Bamford Moor[75]	Cairns	Bamford SK2088585254	900m NE of Lydgate Farm
	Ringwork in Castlehill Wood[76]	Earthwork	Glossop SK0281195507
	Roman fortlet[77]	Fort	Tintwistle SK0642899012	320m East of Highstones
	Romano-British farmstead[78]	Settlement	Bamford SK2091486576	475m East of Ladybower Inn
	Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning site[79]	Settlement	Derwent SK2089886884	570m NE of Ladybower Inn
	Round barrow[80]	Barrow	Castleton	500m SW of Peveril Castle SK1470982218
	Round cairn near Crookhill Farm[81]	Cairns	Hope Woodlands SK1824786951	430m West of Crookhill Farm
	Round cairn and clearance cairn[82]	Cairns	Hope Woodlands SK1794487116	770m NW of Crookhill Farm
	Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale[83]	Cairns	King Sterndale, Buxton SK0870671575	One of two cairns lying c.100m apart, measuring 14m x 13m and c.1m high. It was opened in 1896 and found to contain a pit under a large slab with a crouched body covered with a mixture of clay, leaves and charcoal (associated with burnt bones).
	Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge[84]	Cairns	Charlesworth SK0204591892
	2 Round cairns on Bridge-end Pasture[85][86]	Cairns	Hope Woodlands SK1728687724 SK1764587742	300m and 600m NE of Two Thorne Fields Farm
	Slight univallate hillfort and two bowl barrows on Mam Tor[87]	Fort	Castleton SK1276183716
	Slitherstone and Linacre lead mines and a limekiln[88]	Mining	Castleton SK1265981570	725m SW of Rowter Farm
	Snelslow Plantation bowl barrow[89]	Barrow	Peak Forest SK1188979424
	Staden Low earthwork[90]	Earthwork	Staden, Buxton SK0690672116	A circular Neolithic earthwork excavated in 1926 by Mr R Woolescroft, who discovered a stone axe head, flint artefacts, pottery fragments and pieces of deer antler.[91]
	Standing cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Hope[92]	Cross	Hope SK1723883439
	Standing cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket Church[93]	Cross	Chapel-en-le-Frith SK0575880808
	Stone circle near Crookhill Farm[94]	Henge	Hope Woodlands SK1847187113	330m NW of Crookhill Farm
	The Folly platform cairn[95]	Cairns	Hope SK1681982891
	The Grey Ditch[96]	Earthwork	Brough and Shatton SK1684381835
	The Tong bowl barrow and long barrow[97]	Barrow	Wormhill SK1169376993
	Town defences[98]	Defences	Castleton SK1495782991	13th-century earthwork bank and ditch remains 270m north and 350m north-east of Peveril Castle
	Two hlaews at Haslin House[99]	Burial mound	Buxton SK0625170540	Pre-Christian burial mounds from the 7th century AD. The northernmost is 14m by 13m and 0.7m high and was partially excavated in 1850 by Thomas Bateman. It contained a small central cairn over a rock-cut grave, with human remains buried in a wooden coffin or surrounded by wooden planks.
	Watt's Grove Rake lead mines[100]	Mining	Peak Forest SK1169380661	520m north of Sweetknoll
	Wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods[101]	Cross	Chisworth SK0061290938
	Wayside and boundary cross known as Edale Cross[102]	Cross	Hayfield SK0771786099
	Wayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping Stone[103]	Cross	Whaley Bridge SJ9955681714
	Wayside cross known as Eccles Cross[104]	Cross	Hope SK1723183480	The 13th-century cross was moved to St Peter's churchyard in 1966 from higher ground c.500m away by the lane to Eccles House Farm.
	Wind Low bowl barrow and standing cross[105]	Cross	Wormhill SK1143575162	Base of a medieval standing cross and barrow mound 16m by 12m. Excavation by Thomas Bateman in 1846 found Bronze-Age human remains, jewellery & pottery fragments.