A landscape shaped by people over thousands of years.

In the past, people lived, worked, and even thought, in very different ways from us today. Much of their society would appear very strange to our eyes, even that of only 200 or 300 years ago.

We can look for clues to these past lives in the landscape of today. In every drystone wall, earthwork, building and artefact there are rich tales to discover, where the words are plainly written but hard to read. These are not the stories of kings and battles but of everyday, ordinary people going about their daily lives in the Peak District of the past.

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Use the map to explore Peak District stories in the:

White Peak:

Limestone Plateau

Dark Peak:

	Upper Derwent
	East Moors and Derwent Valley

South West Peak

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Explore the timeline:

Go back in time

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Explore a subject though time:

Settlements - from hillforts to great halls

Transport Routes - from trackways to railways

Ritual & Religion - from henges to barrows

Industry - from mining to quarrying

Environment - from peat to pollution

Agriculture - from hunter-gatherers to fields & farms

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If you would like to find out how you can visit some of the Peak District's key archaeological sites or how you can get involved in looking after them, then please go to Taking Part