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| Bens Bridge, Garsdale | ||
| Bens Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Clough River | |
| Street:- | Hawes Road | |
| locality:- | East Paradise | |
| civil parish:- | Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | packhorse bridge | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | SD75178973 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7589 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD78 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Bens Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BENS BRIDGE (EAST PARADISE) / / HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484443 / SD7517989730" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Packhorse bridge over Clough River. Probably C17, rebuilt after flood in 1895. Large snecked sandstone rubble. Wide segmental arch with rubble voussoirs, stone slate band, narrow humped deck protected by parapets with triangular coping stones. Soffit of arch reported to be cracked at time of survey (October 1994)." |
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