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Redmires First World War Training Area

England
List entry 1417488
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1417488
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
23.42 hectares
Grid reference
SK2532985827
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Redmires First World War Training Area is a designated ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the remains of a military training installation dating to the First World War period. The site preserves evidence of trench systems, dugouts, and associated military infrastructure constructed for training purposes during the conflict. Located in the Derbyshire Peak District, the monument illustrates the extensive preparation undertaken on the home front to train soldiers in trench warfare tactics before deployment to active service. The remains survive as earthworks and represent a significant archaeological record of the British Army's wartime training methods and infrastructure.

Redmires First World War Training Area is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1417488. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Redmires First World War Training Area?

Redmires First World War Training Area is a designated ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the remains of a military training installation dating to the First World War period.

Who is responsible for protecting Redmires First World War Training Area?

Redmires First World War Training Area 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 1417488.

What other scheduled monuments are near Redmires First World War Training Area?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Waymarker and clapper bridge 130m south of Barbrook Bridge (8 km), Grindleford Bridge (8 km), Wayside cross on Totley Moor, west of Saltersitch Bridge (8.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Waymarker and clapper bridge 130m south of Barbrook Bridge
8 km
Grindleford Bridge
8 km
Wayside cross on Totley Moor, west of Saltersitch Bridge
8.5 km
Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm
8.6 km
Cairnfield and embanked stone circle 550m east of Barbrook Reservoir
9 km
Stoke Flat West prehistoric field system and stone circle
9.2 km
Stoke Flat East prehistoric field system
9.3 km
Little Pasture Mine
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Redmires First World War Training Area

Redmires First World War Training Area stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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