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Latitude: 53.3404 / 53°20'25"N
Longitude: -1.7772 / 1°46'37"W
OS Eastings: 414933
OS Northings: 382637
OS Grid: SK149826
Mapcode National: GBR JY1T.18
Mapcode Global: WHCCL.N9XH
Plus Code: 9C5W86RF+54
Entry Name: Peveril Castle Curtain Walls and Fragmentary Foundations
Listing Date: 17 April 1985
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1250966
English Heritage Legacy ID: 82553
Also known as: Peveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castle
Castleton Castle
Peak Castle
ID on this website: 101250966
Location: Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, S33
County: Derbyshire
District: High Peak
Civil Parish: Castleton
Built-Up Area: Castleton
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: Castleton St Edmund
Church of England Diocese: Derby
Tagged with: Castle
PARISH OF CASTLETON OFF MARKET PLACE
1.
5172
(south side)
SK 18 SW 6/36 Peveril Castle, Curtain Walls
and fragmentary foundations
I
2.
Castle. Late Cll, C12 and early C13. Rubble limestone and gritstone ashlar.
Roughly triangular site with the keep in the south west angle. North and west
curtain walls have some herringbone masonry. Remains of buildings including the
hall in the north west angle. Remains of further extensive domestic buildings
in the south east corner, probably including a chapel. The keep was built in 1176.
It is square in plan and retains some of its ashlar facing, mainly on the south
east and south west fronts. Each front has angle and central buttresses partly
extant. Narrow round headed windows to ground floor. Entrance is to the first
floor on the south east side. The upper floors have larger window openings.
Remains of spiral staircase in the north east angle. Scheduled Ancient Monument
in the guardianship of English Heritage.
Listing NGR: SK1493382606
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