Description and History of Site:-
This is a single span bridge with a low segmental arch and a single run of sandstone voussoirs with sandstone-masonry approaches each side set on limestone bedrock. the bridge has no parapets and shows no signs of having been widened. It was restored by the National Park Authority few years ago. It is c. 8m long by c. 2m wide. It is usually described as a packhorse bridge but there is no factual basis for this.It sits more or less underneath Dent Head Viaduct which towers above it.
Nothing of detail is known but it has the appearance of an 18th-century bridge, on the old Dentdale road.
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Key Words :- packhorse bridge
Viewing the Site :- accessible from an adjacent informal parking area
Address :- Cowgill, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10
Grid Ref :- SD 7777 8441
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.254878 , Long -2.342712
Local Authority :- South Lakeland District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1383848,
Site Condition :- Site conserved and open to the public
Site Dates :- 18th Century -
Record Date :- 28 March 2016
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson
Grid Ref :- SD 7777 8441
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.254878 , Long -2.342712
Local Authority :- South Lakeland District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1383848,
Site Condition :- Site conserved and open to the public
Site Dates :- 18th Century -
Record Date :- 28 March 2016
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson