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Section of Rykneld Street Roman road and remains of Bronze Age cemetery at Littleover is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two distinct archaeological features of different periods. The site contains a visible section of Rykneld Street, a Roman road that connected Littlechester (Derbyshire) with the fort at Rykneld in the Peak District, representing an important route through Roman Britain. Alongside this Roman infrastructure lie the remains of a Bronze Age cemetery, indicating substantial prehistoric activity at this location predating the Roman occupation by over a thousand years. The combination of these two chronologically separated features within a single monument designation reflects the archaeological richness of the Littleover area and its significance as a focus of human settlement and activity across multiple periods.
Section of Rykneld Street Roman road and remains of Bronze Age cemetery at Littleover is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021321. View the official record →
Section of Rykneld Street Roman road and remains of Bronze Age cemetery at Littleover is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two distinct archaeological features of different periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021321.
Section of Rykneld Street Roman road and remains of Bronze Age cemetery at Littleover 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 1021321.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mackworth medieval settlement including the castle gatehouse, part of the medieval open field system and a pinfold (3.9 km), St Mary's Bridge (3.9 km), Roman bath house at Parker's Piece (4.2 km).
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