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Latitude: 54.2096 / 54°12'34"N
Longitude: -2.8877 / 2°53'15"W
OS Eastings: 342203
OS Northings: 479678
OS Grid: SD422796
Mapcode National: GBR 8M8R.MR
Mapcode Global: WH83D.MG47
Plus Code: 9C6V6456+RW
Entry Name: Castle Head Bridge
Listing Date: 12 July 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1269679
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460528
ID on this website: 101269679
Location: Lindale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA11
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Grange-over-Sands
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Lindale St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
SD47NW LINDALE ROAD
705-1/2/20 (East side (off))
Castle Head Bridge
II
Bridge with sluice gates. c1800. Limestone ashlar and rubble,
with iron railings on north parapet. Has 2 segmental arches ,
with cutwaters projecting to north and south which have slots
for sluice gates. The southern cutwaters are much taller than
those to the north. The solid parapets have bands below their
copings.
HISTORY: John Wilkinson (1728-1808) the ironmaster, who owned
the Castle Head estate, carried out a scheme of land drainage
and improvement from 1778 onwards. He was also associated with
the earliest (unexecuted) large-scale plan to enclose
Morecambe Bay.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(Marshall JD: Furness and the Industrial Revolution:
Barrow-in-Furness: 1958-: 64).
Listing NGR: SD4220379678
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