Sheep Pasture Incline Two ascending empty minerals en route for Sheep Pasture Top. The wagons are on the upper part of the two combined inclines where the gradient is 1:8¼, compared with the slightly less steep Cromford section at 1:8½. The gradient post however shows an approximation of the gradients as 1:8 for the Sheep Pasture section, and 1:9 for the Cromford section. The two inclines were combined in 1857 20th Cent