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. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. 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.

Derbyshire has over 500 scheduled monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges.

List ImageName and referenceFeatureLocationNotesAnglian high cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, HopeCrossHopeAlso a Grade II listed building. 9th-century gritstone cross with Celtic decoration.Anglo-Scandinavian high cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket ChurchCrossChapel-en-le-FrithAlso a Grade II listed building.Anglo-Scandinavian high cross known as the Shall CrossCrossWhaley Bridge9th- 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 barrowBarrowBuxtonA 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 LowBarrowWormhill2 bowl barrows on Bole HillBarrowWormhillBronze Age field systemField systemBamford400m south-east of Ladybower InnBugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilnsQuarryingBuxworthBull Ring henge, oval barrow and bowl barrowHengeDove HolesNeolithic 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 DamCairnsDerwent550m south of Howden Reservoir dam wall; submerged when the reservoir is full.Cairn on Bamford Edge, near MooredgeCairnsBamford500m NE of MooredgeCairn on Bamford Edge, near Clough HouseCairnsBamford570m NE of Clough HouseCairn on Bamford Moor, near Great TorCairnsBamford500m East of Great TorCairn on Bamford Moor, near High Lees FarmCairnsBamford680m North of High Lees FarmCairn on Bamford Moor, near Crow ChinCairnsBamford850m NW of Crow Chin2 Cairns on Bamford Moor, near Clough HouseCairnsBamford960m and 975m NE of Clough HouseCairn on Ludworth IntakesCairnsLudworth, near Stockport2 Cairnfields near High Lees FarmCairnsBamford600m and 775m NNE of High Lees FarmCairnfield near Ladybower InnCairnsBamford710m and 840m SE of Ladybower InnCairnfield and quarry on Bamford EdgeCairnsBamford720m North of Clough HouseCoalpithole RakeMiningPerryfoot near SparrowpitCow Low bowl barrowBarrowChapel-en-le-FrithCow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry)BarrowBuxtonA 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 siteQuarryingKing Sterndale, BuxtonA 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 cairnCairnsHopeCup-marked stoneStoneChisworth80m East of Robin Hood's Picking RodsEldon Hill bowl barrowBarrowPeak ForestBronze 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 enclosureMiningPeak Forest7m 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 mineMiningCastleton500m South of Mam TorFox Low bowl barrowBarrowBuxtonA 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 barrowBarrowPeak ForestGautries RakeMiningPeak ForestGreen Low ringcairnCairnsChapel-en-le-FrithHarrod Low long barrowBarrowPeak ForestHill's Venture lead mineMiningPeak ForestHollins Hill bowl barrowBarrowHartingtonHope MotteFortHopeHordron Edge stone circleHengeDerwent540m SE of Cutthroat BridgeHow Grove Lead MineMiningCastletonKinderlow bowl barrowBarrowHayfieldLady Low barrowBarrowChapel-en-le-FrithLismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlementSettlementBuxtonThe 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.Lord's Seat bowl barrowBarrowEdaleMarket crossCrossChapel-en-le-FrithAlso a Grade II listed building.Medieval hospitalHospitalCastleton530m SE of Losehill HallMelandra Castle (Ardotalia) Roman fortFortGlossopArdotalia (also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle) is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop.Centurion Stone from Navio Roman FortNavio Roman Fort and vicusFortBrough-on-Noe near HopeOriginally 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 minesMiningCastleton600m SE of Rowter FarmOdin Mine nucleated lead mine and ore worksMiningCastletonThe 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, CowdaleCairnsKing Sterndale, BuxtonOne 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 barrowBarrowPeak ForestOxlow Rake lead minesMiningCastletonPalisaded hilltop enclosureEnclosureCastleton230m SSE of Dirt LowPart of Goyt's Moss collieryMiningBuxtonCentered 220m south west of Derbyshire BridgePeakshill or Oden soughMiningPeak ForestPerry Dale bowl barrow and long barrowBarrowPeak ForestPeveril Castle and CavedalePeveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castleCastleCastletonA ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton. It was the main settlement of William Peverel. Also a Grade I listed building.Pike Low bowl barrowBarrowDerwentPin Dale lead side veinsMiningCastletonPrehistoric standing stoneStoneBamford1 km SW of triangulation point on High NebPromontory fort on Combs EdgeFortChapel-en-le-FrithCastle Naze Iron Age hillfort on Combs MossReconstructed packhorse bridge from Derwent HallBridgeBamford, Hope ValleyWhen 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.Ring cairn on Bamford MoorCairnsBamford900m NE of Lydgate FarmRingwork in Castlehill WoodEarthworkGlossopRoman fortletFortTintwistle320m East of HighstonesRomano-British farmsteadSettlementBamford475m East of Ladybower InnRomano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning siteSettlementDerwent570m NE of Ladybower InnRound barrowBarrowCastleton500m SW of Peveril CastleRound cairn near Crookhill FarmCairnsHope Woodlands430m West of Crookhill FarmRound cairn and clearance cairnCairnsHope Woodlands770m NW of Crookhill FarmRound cairn at Gospel Hillocks, CowdaleCairnsKing Sterndale, BuxtonOne 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 EdgeCairnsCharlesworth2 Round cairns on Bridge-end PastureCairnsHope Woodlands300m and 600m NE of Two Thorne Fields FarmSlight univallate hillfort and two bowl barrows on Mam TorFortCastletonSlitherstone and Linacre lead mines and a limekiln MiningCastleton725m SW of Rowter FarmSnelslow Plantation bowl barrowBarrowPeak ForestStaden Low earthworkEarthworkStaden, BuxtonA 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.Standing cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, HopeCrossHopeStanding cross in the churchyard of St Thomas Becket ChurchCrossChapel-en-le-FrithStone circle near Crookhill FarmHengeHope Woodlands330m NW of Crookhill FarmThe Folly platform cairnCairnsHopeThe Grey DitchEarthworkBrough and ShattonThe Tong bowl barrow and long barrowBarrowWormhillTown defencesDefencesCastleton13th-century earthwork bank and ditch remains 270m north and 350m north-east of Peveril CastleTwo hlaews at Haslin HouseBurial moundBuxtonPre-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 minesMiningPeak Forest520m north of SweetknollWayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking RodsCrossChisworthWayside and boundary cross known as Edale CrossCrossHayfieldWayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping StoneCrossWhaley BridgeWayside cross known as Eccles CrossCrossHopeThe 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 crossCrossWormhillBase 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.

See also Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire Scheduled monuments in Amber Valley Scheduled monuments in Bolsover Scheduled monuments in Chesterfield Scheduled monuments in Derby Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire Dales Scheduled monuments in the Borough of Erewash Scheduled monuments in North East Derbyshire Scheduled monuments in South Derbyshire Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire Grade II* listed buildings in High Peak

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