Row Bridge - Wasdale Head, Cumbria - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

Row bridge at Wasdale Head is a typical stone packhorse bridge. Just one of many in the area. This one has not been widened nor parapets added which the Victorians were likely to do. Just wide enough for a single file animal to cross. No parapet to hinder the panniers carried by the train of horses.

from Royal Mail

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ROW BRIDGE

Believed to have been constructed in the mid-18th century, this packhorse bridge over Mosedale Beck at Wasdale Head in Cumbria is a fine example of a type of bridge common in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

Goods were often carried in panniers slung from packhorses, so bridges on trade routes could be narrow, making them quick and cheap to build. The relative lightness of the loads carried by this type of bridge – simply single rows of packhorses – meant that their forms could be daring, with added strength given to the material used through bold and ingenious design. Typically, as with Row Bridge, they were conceived as high semi-circular or segmental stone-built arches (an inherently strong form), often crossing a river or chasm in one slender span.

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Stamp Issuing Country: England Date of Issue: 5 March 2015 Denomination: English pound Color: black and brown Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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