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The Upper Derwent: 10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley

by Bill Bevan

The Upper Derwent Valley, located in the Peak District National Park between Stockport and Sheffield, is a stunningly beautiful landscape, comprising woodland, tor, reservoirs, rivers, heathland and farm enclosures. This extremely well-written book is fully conscious of the continued impact of the valley on modern ramblers, tourists, farmers, as well as archaeologists, as it describes the continued use of the landscape from the end of the Ice Age to the present day. Written by an archaeologist with long experience of digging in the Peaks, the well-illustrated study is firmly based on archaeological evidence which has revealed hunter-gatherer camps, Neolithic settlements, prehistoric burial mounds, Roman roads and forts, medieval forests and granges, post-medieval farms and industrial sites, and modern dams. Following this chronological tour, Bill Bevan describes the ways in which this area is now being conserved and suggests places to visit. Throughout, Bill Bevan is a knowledgeable, congenial and often amusing guide. 192p, 17 col pls, 84 b/w illus (Tempus 2004)

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