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Long Causeway

Medieval packhorse route in South Yorkshire, England

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Long Causeway or Long Causey was a medieval packhorse route in England, which ran between Sheffield in South Yorkshire and Hathersage in Derbyshire. In the past the route has been marked on maps as a Roman Road as it was believed it followed part of the route of Batham Gate between Templeborough and Buxton, although in recent years some scholars have cast doubt on this.

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Local enclosure of moorland

16th century

Milestones installed

1730s

Barncliff stoop milestone added

1738

Traffic decline after Ringinglow route opened

c. 1760

Upper Redmires Reservoir built

1854

Reservoir drains revealed milestone

1911

Reservoir drains (20th–21st century)

1974, 2007, 2018

Derbyshire resurfacing works

early 2013

University interim report challenging Roman road

2016

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

53.36° N, -1.64° E