A Great Double Dyke
A Great Double Dyke is an archaeological site in Rowland, Derbyshire Dales District, England. A Great Double Dyke is situated nearby to the reservoir Rowland, as well as near the forest Low Bank Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Eyre Arms Public House and St Giles’ Church, Longstone.
The Eyre Arms Public House
Building
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Eyre Arms Public House is a building, which is situated 3,000 feet southeast of A Great Double Dyke.
St Giles’ Church, Longstone
Church
Photo: Bob Abell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Giles’ Church, Longstone is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Great Longstone, Derbyshire. St Giles’ Church, Longstone is situated 1¼ miles southwest of A Great Double Dyke.
Cucklet Church
Cave
Photo: Eileen Littler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cucklet Church, formerly known as Cucklet Delph, is a cave west of Jumber Brook in Eyam, Derbyshire. The book Caves of the Peak District describes it as "A series of through arches in a prominent buttress." It lies within the Stoney Middleton Dale Site of Special Scientific Interest. Cucklet Church is situated 2 miles north of A Great Double Dyke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hassop and Great Longstone.
Hassop
Village
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hassop is a village in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Great Longstone It developed around a number of lead mines, with such names as "The Brightside", "Backdale", "Harry Bruce", "Waterhole" and "Whitecoe", which lasted until the mid-nineteenth century.
Great Longstone
Village
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Longstone, with Little Longstone, is one of two villages in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 843.
Stoney Middleton
Village
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Stoney Middleton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. It is in the White Peak area of the Peak District southeast of Eyam and northwest of Calver, on the A623 road at the foot of the limestone valley of Middleton Dale. Stoney Middleton is situated 1½ miles north of A Great Double Dyke.
A Great Double Dyke
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rowland, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.25397° or 53° 15′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.67366° or 1° 40′ 25″ westElevation
968 feet (295 metres)Open location code
9C5W783G+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3731652506OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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