Stockport
| Name | Remains | Date | Location | Description | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Low | Earthworks | 00Bronze Age | Ludworth, Hazel Grove 53°24′54″N 2°01′04″W / 53.414871°N 2.01768°W / 53.414871; -2.01768 (Brown Low) | Brown Low is a bowl barrow, 25.5 m (84 ft) in diameter and 2 m (6.6 ft) high. The site is covered in turf, and two hollows on the barrow are from an 1809 excavation. | |
| Cairn | Mound of stones | 01Bronze Age | Ludworth, Hazel Grove 53°22′55″N 2°01′13″W / 53.381878°N 2.020223°W / 53.381878; -2.020223 (Ludworth cairn) | The late Bronze Age cairn is 12 m (39 ft) in diameter and 0.4 m (1.3 ft) high. There is a series of chambers and cremation cists. Due to its position on a knoll on Mellor Moor, it is highly visible. | |
| Marple Aqueduct | Aqueduct | 051801 | Marple 53°24′25″N 2°04′02″W / 53.407032°N 2.067323°W / 53.407032; -2.067323 (Marple Aqueduct) | The Marple Aqueduct was built between 1794 and 1801 to carry the Peak Forest Canal over the River Goyt. The aqueduct is still in use for pleasure craft. | |
| Oldknows Limekilns | Lime kilns | 041797 | Marple 53°23′34″N 2°03′21″W / 53.392655°N 2.05572°W / 53.392655; -2.05572 (Oldknow Limekilns) | Between 1797 and 1800, Samuel Oldknow built three lime kilns on the east side of the Peak Forest Canal. The kilns are 11 m (36 ft) deep and were built into the hillside. The site operated into the 20th century, and the remaining walling of the kilns is protected as a Grade II listed building. | |
| Peel Moat | Dry moat | 02Medieval | Heaton Moor, Stockport 53°25′43″N 2°11′18″W / 53.428747°N 2.188373°W / 53.428747; -2.188373 (Peel Moat) | The dried-up, rectangular moat surrounds the site of a square-shaped fortified tower. There are no above ground remains of the tower, but it was situated on an area of land 29 m (95 ft) square, with the surrounding moat measuring between 5.5 m (18 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) wide. | |
| Torkington Moat | Water-logged moat | 03Medieval | Torkington, Stockport 53°23′06″N 2°05′28″W / 53.384902°N 2.091045°W / 53.384902; -2.091045 (Torkington Moat) | The moat in Torkington surrounds the site of the manor house that was first built in 1350. The 1.6 m (5.2 ft) deep moat is between 8 and 20 m (26 and 66 ft) wide, and forms the perimeter of a 46 m (151 ft) by 43 m (141 ft) island. Torkington Hall replaced the medieval manor house in the early 17th century. |
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