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| packhorse bridge, Dent Head | ||
| Dale Head Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Fell End Gill | |
| locality:- | Dent Head | |
| civil parish:- | Dent (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | packhorse bridge (?) | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | SD77808437 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7784 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD78 | |
| references:- | Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe,
Cumbria) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Packsaddle Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "PACKSADDLE BRIDGE BESIDE DENT HEAD VIADUCT / / / DENT / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484280 / SD7778884384" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Packhorse bridge. C18. Sandstone rubble. Low segmental arch with one ring of narrow rubble voussoir stones, carrying grassy track. Forms a dramatically-contrasting group with Dent Head Viaduct (qv) of the Settle to Carlisle railway line, which towers above it approx. 10m to the west." |
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Now under the arches of a railway viaduct. |
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| 30 foot span. |
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| Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe,
Cumbria) |
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| notes:- |
This does not feel anything like a packhorse bridge; too wide, and shows no signs
of having been widened, relatively sophisticated stonework. |
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