Listed Building: PACKHORSE BRIDGE (1087900)

SK 06 NE PARISH OF HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER HOLLINSCLOUGH RAKE (Off) 8/10 Packhorse Bridge, Washgate II Packhorse bridge. Early C18. Rubble and coursed rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. Shallow segmental arch, the lining of which is carefully coursed, with shallow parapet walls, surmounted by gritstone copings, linked by iron cramps. Metalled surface to routeway from the north extends onto bridge. The bridge is a crossing point on the River Dove for an ancient packhorse route from Longnor into the Goyt Valley. A rare example of a perfectly preserved packhorse bridge. A E Dodd and E M Dodd, Peakland Roads and Trackways, 1974. Listing NGR: SK0522867370