List of Roman sites in the Peak District

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The Peak District, located in central England in the United Kingdom, is the site of several Roman settlements, forts, roads and Romano-British farms. [1]

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Settlements

Roman towns recorded in the Ravenna Cosmography's list of all known places in the world in about 700 AD. [2]

NameLocationNotesPhoto
Aquae Arnametiae Buxton The settlement was based around its natural warm springs. The Roman occupation ran from around 75 AD to 410 AD. [3]

Remains of baths, walls, temple base and milestone. [4]

Roman farm at Staden. [5]

Roman Milestone to Navio from Buxton.jpg

Milestone: From Navio 11 miles

Ardotalia Gamesley near Glossop Roman fort also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle. [6] At Glossop 2023 06.jpg
Lutudarum Wirksworth or Carsington Lutudarum is acknowledged as being the administrative centre of the Roman lead mining industry in Britain. [7] [8] Replica Roman lead ingots on display in Buxton Museum.jpg

Replica lead ingots from Lutudarum

Navio Brough-on-Noe Roman 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. [9] The site of Navio - the Roman fort near Brough, Derbyshire - geograph.org.uk - 3095440.jpg

Roads

NameLocationNotesPhoto
Batham Gate Between Buxton and Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe.The name from medieval times means "road to the bath town". [1]

The 1-mile-long course of Roman road on Tideswell Moor is a scheduled monument. [10]

Route of Batham Gate Road near Peak Forest.jpg

Route of Batham Gate Road near Peak Forest

Doctor's Gate Between Melandra fort at Glossop and Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe.Named after Dr John Talbot, from the 15th century. [11] Doctor's Gate path - geograph.org.uk - 941519.jpg

Doctor's Gate path east of Old Glossop

Long Causeway Between Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe and South Yorkshire.The section of this Roman road at Stanage Edge is a scheduled monument. [12] Long Causeway, Stanage Edge - geograph.org.uk - 1193851.jpg
The Street From Buxton towards Little Chester (Derventio) near Derby.The road has been traced from surviving archeaeological features from Buxton as far as Longcliffe, just north of Brassington. [13] Plaque on The Street (Buxton to Derby Roman Road).jpg

Plaque by Buxton to Derby Roman Road

Other sites

NameLocationNotesPhoto
Bamford EdgeEast of Ladybower Reservoir Romano-British farmstead [14]

Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning site [15]

Dimin DaleSouth of Taddington Wood near Sheldon Romano-British settlement and field system. [16]
HighstonesNear Tintwistle Roman fortlet. [17]
Rainster Rocks Brassington Romano-British settlement and field system below the dolomitic limestone outcrop of Rainster Rocks with terraces, embankments, platforms and boulder field walls. [18]
Romano-British settlement and field system at Rainster Rocks.jpg
Roystone Grange Ballidon 5 scheduled monuments:

Prehistoric and Romano-British barrow. [19]

Romano-British field systems. [20] [21] [22]

Romano-British field wall and embankment. [23]

View over Ballidon - geograph.org.uk - 2062458.jpg
The WarrenNorth of Hathersage Romano-British settlement. [24]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Britannia in the Ravenna Cosmography". www.kmatthews.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Coins from the Buxton Hoard". Wonders of the Peak. June 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sacred Waters and Altars". Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Roman Staden". www.wondersofthepeak.org.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Melandra Castle Roman fort (1004595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Hart, C. R. (1981). The North Derbyshire Archaeological Survey: To A.D. 1500. North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust. ISBN   9780950770703.
  8. ↑ Shone, Anton (2009). "Origins and history of Wirksworth: Lutudarum and the Peak District before the Norman Conquest" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Navio Roman fort and vicus (1017505)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Batham Gate, Roman road (1007051)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "MNA112649 | National Trust Heritage Records". heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "Stanage Edge Roman road (1007052)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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  14. ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British farmstead 475m east of Ladybower Inn (1020412)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  15. ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval charcoal burning site 570m north east of Ladybower Inn (1020413)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  16. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1017834)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  17. ↑ Historic England. "Roman fortlet 320m east of Highstones (1019061)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  18. ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British settlement and field system at Rainster Rocks (1018475)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  19. ↑ Historic England. "Prehistoric and Romano-British barrow and medieval animal pen, 450m south east of Roystone Grange (1018474)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  20. ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British field system, 420m south east of Roystone Grange (1018089)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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  22. ↑ Historic England. "Romano-British settlement and field system, 600m south of Roystone Grange (1018087)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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  24. ↑ Historic England. "The Warren Romano-British settlement, 320m north west of North Lees Hall (1018378)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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