Moors for the Future Partnership - Gardoms Edge Audio Trail

A number of archaeological excavations on this rich historical site have uncovered many treasures. You can visit the site of a roundhouse dating back 3000 years, and there is widespread further evidence of bronze and iron age settlement is widespread - including rock art engraved into the gritstone, ring cairns and standing stones.

Audio Trail Style: Interviews interpsersed with ambient music by Chris Redmond (soundseasy and ventriloquist)

rock art at gardoms edge

Audio Trail Files
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Route Map and Directions

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Gardoms Edge
Grade:	Moderate/Easy
Allow:	2 hours
Map:	Explorer OL24 The Peak District - White Peak Area
Terrain:	Muddy in places during wet periods. Fairly level route. Two stiles to cross
Nearest Town:	Baslow
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GPS Waypoints

The grid references are listed on the right . However, if you have a Global Positioning System (GPS) reciever, you can download the waypoints, and transfer them from your PC via Easy GPS (free software download).

The waypoints are in the generic GPX format. Simply right click the link and select 'save target as..' from the options and then open them in 'Easy GPS' where you can upload them onto your GPS.

Download GPS waypoints - coming soon

(n.b. .gpx files begin with the prefix "st")

Location	Grid Ref
1 Robin Hood Inn 2 Bell Pit 3 Moorside Farm (overlook) 4 Nelson's Monument 5 Step back in Time 6 Roundhouse 7 Depressions 8 Standing Stones 9 Rock Art 10 Dry Stone Wall 11 Dukes Drive 12 The Three Men 13 Cat Stone	SK 28001 72138 SK 28071 72359 SK 27909 72684 SK 27867 72813 SK 27618 73127 SK 27471 73090 SK 27451 73269 SK 27362 73190 SK 27282 73043 SK 27255 72965 SK 27280 72910 SK 27160 72773 SK 27283 72628

Travel Information

The 170 bus service operates between Chesterfield and Baslow. The nearest car park is illustrated next to the start point.

For further information on places to eat and stay please follow the link to www.visitpeakdistrict.com.

For further information about the excavation here in the 1990's, visit the official gardoms edge excavation website and Peak Experience.

How Gardoms Edge may have looked 2-3000 years ago

Leader Info

Walk Narrator:

Leader Biography :

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This Audio Trail was produced in conjunction with Peak Experience

Peak Experience is part-financed by the European Union Economic Regional Development Fund and Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership


	\| \| \| The partners are: Peak District National Park Authority, National Trust, Natural England, United Utilities, Severn Trent Water, Environment Agency, Derbyshire County Council, Sheffield City Council and Moorland Owners.