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packhorse bridge, Wet Sleddale
site name:-   Lowther, River
locality:-   Wet Sleddale
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   packhorse bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY54021099
1Km square:-   NY5410
10Km square:-   NY51
references:-   Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)


photograph
BJT50.jpg (taken 22.8.2005)  

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17th century bridge, would have been flooded by Wet Sleddale Reservoir. It was dismantled and re-erected, parapets added. 30 foot span, 72 ins between parapets.

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

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