English Heritage sites near Highlow Parish
PEVERIL CASTLE
5 miles from Highlow Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
8 miles from Highlow Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
10 miles from Highlow Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
11 miles from Highlow Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
15 miles from Highlow Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
17 miles from Highlow Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
No churches found in Highlow Parish
Pubs in Highlow Parish
Plough Inn
Leadmill Bridge, Hathersage, S32 1BA
(01433) 650319
theploughinn-hathersage.co.uk/