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Devil's Bridge, Pennington
Devil's Bridge
site name:-   Rathmoss Beck
civil parish:-   Pennington (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   packhorse bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD25677958
1Km square:-   SD2579
10Km square:-   SD27
references:-   Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)


photograph
BMJ97.jpg (taken 11.7.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Devils Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DEVILS BRIDGE / / / PENNINGTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75879 / SD2566979589"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Packhorse bridge to north-west side of road. C17 or C18. Stone rubble. Segmental arch with thin voussoirs of varying lengths. Low parapet of upright stones. 21m wide."

:-  
15 foot span, 67 ins between kerbs.

Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)

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