Crook Gill packhorse bridge
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD36266
Parish:
Buckden
OS Grid Reference:
Dale:
Description
Crook Gill packhorse bridge MYD36266 (c) YDNPA, 2023
A single span packhorse bridge crossing Crook Gill just before it joins Cray Gill in Wharfedale. It lies on an old packhorse route from Bishopdale into Wharfedale and is a good, unmodified example of a typical packhorse bridge of the sort built from the late Medieval period onwards. It has not been redecked in modern materials or had parapets added. It is constructed of undressed limestone slabs. The arch is shallow with a span of just over 4 metres. The bridge is about 1.7 metres wide. Although it has no parapets, some of the arch stones extend upwards to form an intermittent kerb. The deck of the bridge and the causeways leading to it on either side are cobbled.