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Posts Tagged ‘pack horse bridge’

24 May 2021

The Pannierman Way, Cold Moor and Urra Moor

Filed under: Other

Distance: 10 miles (with some steep climbs) Start: Kirkby in Cleveland (GR 542042) Click to view start position on Google Maps Map: OS Explorer OL26 – North York Moors Western Area It was in early November 2011 that George Howe asked if we had walked on the Pannierman Way out of Kirkby in Cleveland and […]

24 May, 2021 at 1:16 by Russ

Tags: cleveland way, moorland, pack horse bridge, Rievaulx Abbey
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16 Sep 2015

Eppleby and Stanwick Brigante Iron Age Camp

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A peaceful circular walk from Eppleby, taking in a large Iron Age camp and several quiet rural villages of North Yorkshire.

16 September, 2015 at 13:27 by Bill

Tags: brigantes, iron age, pack horse bridge, stanwick camp
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10 Mar 2014

On the Banks of the River Greta

Filed under: County Durham Border

Distance: 10-11 miles Map : OS Explorer OL31 (North Pennines – Teesdale and Weardale) Start: Village Hall Car Park at East end of Bowes (GR NY996134) Click to View Start Position on Google Maps It’s a fair bet that if you asked the general Co Durham public the whereabouts of the River Greta most of […]

10 March, 2014 at 14:09 by Russ

Tags: bowes, Bowes Tragedy, brigantes, Brignall Mill, dickens, gilmonby, lavatrae, pack horse bridge
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24 Dec 2010

A First Visit to the Washburn Valley – The Six Reservoirs Walk

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A 13 mile circular walk around the reservoirs of the Washburn Valley in Yorkshire. Swinsty, Fewston, Lindley Wood etc are enjoyed, and the walk also takes in John o’ Gaunts Castle and Dob Park pack horse brige.

24 December, 2010 at 4:43 by Bill

Tags: almscliffe crag, dales way, dob park, john o' gaunts castle, pack horse bridge, washburn valley
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6 Oct 2010

Pack Horse Bridges

Filed under: Pack Horse Bridges

What is a pack horse bridge? The simple answer is that it is a bridge that was built so that pack horses and their loads could cross an obstruction which was virtually always a river or fast flowing stream. Pack horse bridges had certain characteristics which separated them from other bridges –  a genuine pack […]

6 October, 2010 at 0:20 by Bill

Tags: pack horse bridge
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