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Marple Aqueduct is a masonry structure carrying the Peak Forest Canal across the River Goyt in Cheshire. Built between 1800 and 1802, it was designed by engineer Benjamin Outram and represents an important example of early nineteenth-century canal infrastructure. The aqueduct consists of a single arched span of approximately fifty feet, constructed in stone to convey the canal's water channel above the river valley. Its design and execution demonstrate the engineering advancement of the Romantic period, when ambitious canal schemes were reshaping the landscape of industrial England.
Marple aqueduct is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001954. View the official record →
Marple Aqueduct is a masonry structure carrying the Peak Forest Canal across the River Goyt in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001954.
Marple aqueduct 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 1001954.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site north-west of Broadoak Farm (2.9 km), Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (5.9 km), Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard Farm (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Marple aqueduct's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Marple aqueduct stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.