01 MEDIEVAL PACKHORSE BRIDGE

Packhorse bridge, now used for foot traffic only. Medieval with later repairs. Coursed ironstone, with dressed limestone coping to parapets. Approximately 40 metres long. Approximately 2 metres wide to middle, splaying to 3 metres at ends. 2 pointed arches, C14 to C15 in appearance. Central pier forms cutwater to N elevation, rising to pedestrian refuge above. Parapet walls slope down to ground level at each end, SE section of wall supported by red brick buttresses, probably C18. Scheduled Ancient Monument