Bow Bridge, also known as Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Egglestone Abbey (Startforth)
Bow (Thorsgill Beck Packhorse) Bridge © DCC 2003
Bow Bridge © DCC 2003
Bow Bridge © DCC 2003
Bow Bridge © DCC 2005
Road Bridge with Pack Horse Bridge in foreground over Thorsgill, Egglestone Abbey © DCC 2003
Photograph of Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Egglestone Abbey 2016
Photograph below Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Egglestone Abbey 2016
Photograph of side of Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Egglestone Abbey 2016
Close up photograph of Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Egglestone Abbey 2016
This simple bridge known as Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhouse Bridge was built in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. It is made of stone rubble and has a single arch. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Listed Building.
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Listed Building
• National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1310503
Scheduled Monument
• National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1005566
• National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1310503
Scheduled Monument
• National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1005566
Earthwork Survey Egglestone Abbey 2000; English Heritage doi:1055450
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
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