Bradwell Moor

{{Short description|Hill in the Derbyshire Peak District}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox mountain|name=Bradwell Moor|photo=Bradwell Moor - geograph.org.uk - 1485289.jpg|photo_caption=View towards the Hope Valley|elevation={{Convert|471|m|0}}|prominence=|listing=|location=Peak District, England|range=|coordinates=|grid_ref_UK=SK 1443 8039|topo=OS Explorer OL24|type=|age=|first_ascent=|easiest_route=}}Bradwell Moor is a moorland hill above the village of Bradwell, Derbyshire in the Peak District. The summit is {{convert|471|m||abbr=}} above sea level.{{cite map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|title=OL1 Dark Peak area|at=East sheet|scale=1:25000|series=Explorer}}

Batham Gate Roman road ran across the moor, from nearby Navio Roman fort (at Brough-on-Noe) to Aquae Arnemetiae (Buxton). Batham Gate is Old English for "road to the bath town". Clement Lane follows the original route across the moor.{{Cite book|last=Patterson|first=Mark|title=Roman Derbyshire|publisher=Five Leaves Publications|year=2016|isbn=978-1910170250|pages=219–221, 239–242}} The section of Batham Gate road east of Peak Forest is a protected Scheduled Monument.{{NHLE|num=1007051|desc=Batham Gate, Roman road|accessdate=24 September 2020}}

There are numerous historic lead mines around the moor which are protected Scheduled Monuments. Lead mining in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, with larger scale production in Roman times. Cop Rake and Moss Rake lead mines (include the sites of Starvehouse Mine, New York Mine and Cop Mine) have been extracting lead-bearing ore from veins near the surface since at least the 13th century (when it was recorded as Wardlow Cop).{{NHLE|num=1019043|desc=Cop Rake and Moss Rake lead mines 750m north east of Wheston House|accessdate=26 September 2020}}

Hope Quarry is a large limestone quarry that covers the north-east side of the moor between Castleton and Bradwell. The quarry is now operated by Breedon.{{Cite web|title=Hope Cement Works|url=https://www.hopecementworks.co.uk/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.hopecementworks.co.uk}} In 1990 a Mesolithic stone working site was discovered by The Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust where Bradwell Moor Barn once stood, before the land was excavated by the quarry operator at the time (Blue Circle).{{Cite journal |last=Guilbert, G., Taylor, C. Malone, S. & Garton, D. |date=1995 |title=Excavations of earthworks on the White Peak, near Bradwellmoor Barn, 1990 and 1994 |url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/daj/contents.cfm?vol_id=1104 |journal=Derbyshire Archaeological Journal |volume=115 |pages=26–32 |doi=10.5284/1066542 |via=Archaeology Data Service}}

The highest point of the Limestone Way long-distance footpath is at {{convert|461|m||abbr=}} where it crosses Bradwell Moor, slightly west of its summit.{{Cite web|title=Limestone Way|url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Long Distance Walkers Association|language=en-GB}}