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Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries

England

List entry 1412922

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1412922

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

77.56 hectares

Grid reference

SK2461954034

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, and Break Hollow is a designated ancient monument in Derbyshire comprising a complex of small mines and associated medieval field boundaries. The site reflects the historical exploitation of mineral resources across the medieval and early modern periods, with the field systems indicating contemporary agricultural use of the landscape. The surviving earthworks demonstrate the integration of extractive industry with pastoral and arable farming practices in this upland region. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the list entry 1412922.

Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1412922. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries?

Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, and Break Hollow is a designated ancient monument in Derbyshire comprising a complex of small mines and associated medieval field boundaries.

Who is responsible for protecting Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries?

Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries 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 1412922.

What other scheduled monuments are near Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 250m north west of Callow Hall (2.8 km), Callow Hall moated site (3 km), Bank Top bowl barrow (3.6 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 250m north west of Callow Hall

2.8 km

Callow Hall moated site

Two bowl barrows on Stand Low

4.4 km

Atlow moated site, enclosures and causeway

5.7 km

Duncote Farm moated site

6.1 km

Medieval settlement and open field system immediately north of Old Hall

6.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries

Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

Domesday entry for Carsington, Derbyshire →

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