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railway bridge, Casterton (3)
site name:-   Low Gill and Ingleton branch railway
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway bridge (?) 
coordinates:-   SD62608120
1Km square:-   SD6281
10Km square:-   SD68


photograph
BNB49.jpg (taken 1.12.2006)  
photograph
BNB50.jpg  The lodge just beyond the bridge.
(taken 1.12.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RAILWAY UNDERBRIDGE TO WEST LODGE TO WHELPRIGG / / / CASTERTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75606 / SD6260581198"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Railway underbridge. For Ingleton branch of Lancaster to Carlisle railway. Rock-faced stone with some ashlar. Round arch has rock-faced voussoirs; frieze and cornice over. Parapet has ashlar coping. Raking abutments. Timber gate piers and enriched timber gates to entrance to Whelprigg. Included for group value."

hearsay:-  
This imposing bridge takes the railway over the approach drive to Whelprigg.

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