Castleton

The Gem of The Peaks

The village of Castleton has been around since 1086 when the Normans built Peveril Castle and the regular grid pattern of the medieval streets of the village can still be seen if viewed from the castle walls. Part of the town ditch that surrounded the medieval village can also still be identified.

Although it was the Normans, who through mining the rich lead veins found in the caves around Castleton, brought prosperity to the area, the first people known to have settled in the area were the Celts. The remains of a Celtic hill fort can be found on the summit of Mam Tor – also known as The Shivering Mountain. But it is also thought that there was a settlement here during the Bronze Age (1,400 BC) and traces of Stone Age man have also been discovered in some of the caves of Treak Cliff.

Peveril Castle Keep

William the Conqueror, after his victory in 1066, began to build castles all over the country. The one at Castleton was originally a wooden castle, built to oversee the Kings Royal Forest of the Peak, a popular hunting ground for the nobility. The castle was given to the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror, William Peveril and so became Peveril Castle. The castle was rebuilt in stone around 1175 and the remains of the stone keep can still be seen.

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