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Monument record MDR14349 - Canal Bridge, Buckland Hollow

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A massive gritstone canal bridge carrying the Buckland Hollow-Heage road over the line of the filled in Cromford Canal. (1) Canal bridge under the B6013. Nearby is a house, possibly associated with the canal, built upon the site on an earlier one. West of the bridge is the lock jeepers cottage, and in a deep cutting on the dismantled railway line is a good exposure of slump bedding of unstable shales. (2)

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2011. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: A Gazetteer of Sites, Part III, Borough of Amber Valley (second edition). p. 25.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Judge, T (Ripley Historical Group). 1993. Some places of interest in Heage Village.

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Grid reference Centred SK 3742 5185 (265m by 164m)
Civil Parish RIPLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Oct 31 2016 10:49AM

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