Castles and forts in High Peak
The Discover Alone map has 6 castles and forts in High Peak, England. Below are the 6 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Melandra CastleRuinsMelandra Castle was a Roman fort rebuilt in stone, probably under Trajan, abandoned around AD 140, yet large enough to…
Castle NazeArchaeological placeCastle Naze is an isolated medieval farmstead in Chapel-en-le-Frith where the Bellots or Bealots resided in 1266. It…- Town defences 270m north and 350m north east of Peveril CastleScheduled monumentHenry II drew a sharp line around Castleton in 1196, forcing a scattered village into a rigid grid beneath Peveril…
- Round barrow 500m south west of Peveril CastleScheduled monumentHalf a mile south west of Peveril Castle, an unbroken turf mound holds the last secret of a nameless life. Built for…
- Peveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castleScheduled monumentPeveril Castle is a rare eleventh-century stone tower keep above Cave Dale, built immediately after the Conquest when…
- Melandra Castle Roman fortScheduled monumentMelandra Castle is a Roman fort preserved as a scheduled monument in High Peak, England. It stands as a protected…