List of Roman sites in the Peak District

The Peak District, located in central England in the United Kingdom, is the site of several Roman settlements, forts, roads and Romano-British farms.

List Settlements Roman towns recorded in the Ravenna Cosmography's list of all known places in the world in about 700 AD. NameLocationNotesPhotoAquae ArnametiaeBuxtonThe settlement was based around its natural warm springs. The Roman occupation ran from around 75 AD to 410 AD. Remains of baths, walls, temple base and milestone.

Roman farm at Staden.Milestone: From Navio 11 milesArdotaliaGamesley near GlossopRoman fort also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle.LutudarumWirksworth or CarsingtonLutudarum is acknowledged as being the administrative centre of the Roman lead mining industry in Britain.Replica lead ingots from LutudarumNavioBrough-on-NoeRoman fort and vicus. 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.

Roads NameLocationNotesPhotoBatham GateBetween Buxton and Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe.The name from medieval times means "road to the bath town". The 1-mile-long course of Roman road on Tideswell Moor is a scheduled monument.Route of Batham Gate Road near Peak ForestDoctor's GateBetween Melandra fort at Glossop and Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe.Named after Dr John Talbot, from the 15th century.Doctor's Gate path east of Old GlossopHereward StreetBetween Chesterfield and Rocester, via Matlock and WirksworthRecognised as a Roman road but its name is disputed.Long CausewayBetween Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe and South Yorkshire.The section of this Roman road at Stanage Edge is a scheduled monument.The StreetFrom Buxton towards Little Chester (Derventio) near Derby.The road has been traced from surviving archaeological features from Buxton as far as Longcliffe, just north of Brassington.Plaque by Buxton to Derby Roman Road

Other sites NameLocationNotesPhotoBamford EdgeEast of Ladybower ReservoirRomano-British farmstead Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning siteChesterfield FortChesterfieldSite of a Roman fort on Station Road, excavated in the 1970s.Dimin DaleSouth of Taddington Wood near SheldonRomano-British settlement and field system.HighstonesNear TintwistleRoman fortlet.Rainster RocksBrassingtonRomano-British settlement and field system below the dolomitic limestone outcrop of Rainster Rocks with terraces, embankments, platforms and boulder field walls.Roystone GrangeBallidon5 scheduled monuments: Prehistoric and Romano-British barrow.

Romano-British field systems.

Romano-British field wall and embankment.The WarrenNorth of HathersageRomano-British settlement.

List of Roman sites in the Peak District

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