English Heritage sites near Curbar Parish
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
4 miles from Curbar Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
7 miles from Curbar 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.
PEVERIL CASTLE
8 miles from Curbar 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
9 miles from Curbar 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
12 miles from Curbar 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
14 miles from Curbar Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
No churches found in Curbar Parish
No churches found in Curbar Parish