Monument record MDR9429 - Stone bridge, National Stone Centre; Cromford & High Peak Railway
Type and Period (1)
- BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Bridge constructed of irregular gritstone blocks, not laid in regular courses and very different from most of the other Cromford & High Peak Railway bridges. Gritstone lintels separate the bridge from the small boundary wall at the top. The bridge tunnel is 4m wide and 10m long. On the north falling side, at 2m and on the south falling side at 4m , the irregular gritstone blocks give way to large regular, carefully dressed blocks with tooling; these blocks form the tunnel arch. The bridge is 8m wide, with the walls flaring out at the foot due to the bridge being built on a slope.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDR19352 Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 87.
- <2> SDR19353 Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 131-132.
- <3> SDR19350 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
- <4> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). XXXIV. 14.
- <5> SDR19351 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
- <6> SDR19341 Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 9.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 28641 55280 (6m by 7m) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WIRKSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- EDR1790
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Record last edited
Dec 21 2018 9:27AM