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Bongate Weir, Appleby
Bongate Weir
site name:-   Eden, River
locality:-   Bongate
locality:-   Appleby
civil parish:-   Appleby-in-Westmorland (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   weir
coordinates:-   NY688197
1Km square:-   NY6819
10Km square:-   NY61


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BOI70.jpg (taken 10.11.2007)  
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BOI71.jpg (taken 10.11.2007)  
Said to have been begun by the Romans, to create a deep place so that boats could cross. Later it was the mill dam for Bongate Mill.

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