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Bugsworth Canal Basin is a complex of industrial heritage structures located near Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire, comprising a canal basin, tramway infrastructure, limestone quarry, and associated limekilns dating to the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site represents the integrated industrial development of the Derbyshire Peak District, where limestone extraction was connected to transport networks that supplied lime and other materials to wider markets. The canal basin connected to the Peak Forest Canal, whilst the tramway facilitated movement of stone from the quarry workings to processing and distribution facilities. The limekilns, constructed to process the extracted limestone, demonstrate the vertical integration of quarrying, processing, and transport that characterised industrial limestone production during this period of rapid expansion in British transport infrastructure and chemical manufacture.
Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021384. View the official record →
Bugsworth Canal Basin is a complex of industrial heritage structures located near Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire, comprising a canal basin, tramway infrastructure, limestone quarry, and associated limekilns dating to the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021384.
Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021384.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo Scandinavian high cross known as the Shall Cross (2.5 km), Promontory fort on Combs Edge (4.7 km), Cow Low bowl barrow (5.4 km).
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