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Monument record MDR10931 - Southern Boundary and Retaining Walls, Bugsworth Basin, Peak Forest Tramway

Type and Period (3)

  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Georgian - 1795 AD? to 1795 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Drystone walls of rubble gritstone, retaining walls against higher ground to the south, and free-standing sections as field walls. Defines the southern boundary of the Peak Forest Tramway at Bugsworth Basin. Constructed partly before 1815 and partly after 1846. Truncated by the construction of the A6 in the 1980s. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Duckworth, S, Jessop, O and A Badcock (ARCUS). 2006. Conservation Management Plan, Peak Forest Tramway, Derbyshire. Feature Nos 3e1, 2, 2a.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 02342 82029 (64m by 27m)
Civil Parish CHINLEY, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR2263

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2011 4:06PM

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