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High Beckfoot Bridge, Barbon
High Beckfoot Bridge
site name:-   Barbon Beck
civil parish:-   Barbon (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   packhorse bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD61398181
1Km square:-   SD6181
10Km square:-   SD68
references:-   Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)


photograph
BNH44.jpg (taken 2.3.2007)  
photograph
BNH43.jpg (taken 2.3.2007)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  High Beckfoot Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HIGH BECKFOOT BRIDGE / / / BARBON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75581 / SD6139781819"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Packhorse bridge over Barbon Beck. Probably late C17 or C18. Stone rubble. Shallow segmental arch, abutment to south side is higher. Plain coped parapet. Roadway approx. lm wide."


photograph
BNH45.jpg (taken 2.3.2007)  

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Segmental arch, 24 foot span, 27 inches between parapets.

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

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