Castle Naze

Castle Naze is an Iron Age promontory hillfort occupying a triangular spur of Combs Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District, at approximately 427 metres above sea level. The fort covers about 2.2 acres, defended naturally by steep drops on two sides and by double banks and ditches on the south side. A late-1950s study by Nottingham University students revealed two distinct Iron Age construction phases: initially a dry-stone wall along the south side, later replaced by a ditch with inner bank and a new outer rampart faced with dry stone walling. Roman coins of Emperor Constantine and Romano-British pottery were found near a spring within the defences. A medieval packhorse track leads uphill into the fort, built to access the enclosed spring. It is a scheduled monument.