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Bow Bridge
Hob Uid: 19828
Location : County Durham Startforth
Grid Ref : NZ0623015210
Summary : 17th century packhorse bridge.
More information : (NZ 0623 1521) Bow Bridge (NAT) (Foot). (1) Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, 17th or 18th century. Simple narrow rubble footbridge. One segmental headed arch with low stone parapet. Grade II (2). Overall length 10 m; width between parapet walls 1.6 m; roughly paved (3). The site was visited by RCHME during a survey of scheduled monuments in County Durham. No recording was carried out. (4) The site was visited by English Heritage during the an archaeological investigation of the area around Egglestone Abbey during November 2000. No recording was carried out for the bridge, but part of the flood plain to the west was examined. For further details the illustrated Survey Report, which mentions this bridge, should be consulted ('The Medieval and Later Landscape at Egglestone Abbey, Teesdale, County Durham'). (5)

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Source details : OS 6" Provisional Edition 1954
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Source details : DOE(HHR) Yorks Startforth RD June 1965 9 9/55
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Source details : F1 JHOstridge/14-JUL-1954/OS Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Peter Topping/22-AUG-1991/RCHME: Durham SAMs Project
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Christopher Dunn/ 01-DEC-2000/ English Heritage: Egglestone Abbey Survey
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Packhorse Bridge
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Durham)
External Cross Reference Number : 1945
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DU 129
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 01 NE 12
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-07-14
End Date : 1954-07-14

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1991-06-01
End Date : 1991-12-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Bow Bridge