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packhorse bridge, Stainton
site name:-   Stainton Beck (2)
locality:-   Stainton
civil parish:-   Stainton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   packhorse bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD52378591
1Km square:-   SD5285
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)


photograph
BYM92.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  
photograph
BYM93.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"PACK HORSE BRIDGE OVER STAINTON BECK / / / STAINTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76538 / SD5237585902"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge. Probably C17. Limestone rubble with roughly cut parapets and voussoirs. Single segmental arch, low parapets rising to peak at centre of bridge. Approx. 3' wide between parapets."


photograph
BYM94.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  

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18 foot span, 36 ins between parapets.

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

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