Cowgill Bridge
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD34702
Parish:
Dent
OS Grid Reference:
Dale:
Description
Date stone on Cowgill Bridge MYD34702 (c) YDNPA, 2023
A public road bridge over the River Dee carrying a 1702 datestone and inscription on its north parapet. It is built of coursed sandstone rubble with low-pitched parapet copings and has a low segmental single arch with rubble voussoirs. The parapets are splayed outwards at the west end. The datestone reads ‘THIS BRIDG REPERED AT THE CHARG OF TH WEST RIDING A:D 1702’
Source:
Wright, Geoffrey N (1985) Roads and Trackways of the Yorkshire Dales. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing