Castleton Old Bridge
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Castleton Old Bridge
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 1 May 2013
I thought that this bridge had been bypassed in recent years, but on checking the mid-Victorian six-inch Ordnance Survey map I saw that the road took its present line even then, and this bridge was just an access to Castleton Farm. It was built in 1771, and bypassed by a new bridge in 1802-5. It is a Category C Listed building. Amazingly it not only survives, but is still useable, ands carries a waymarked path.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.594694
Longitude
-2.465716