Slater's Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 54°25′04″N3°03′42″W / 54.41783°N 3.06165°W Coordinates: 54°25′04″N3°03′42″W / 54.41783°N 3.06165°W |
| Crosses | River Brathay |
| Locale | Little Langdale, Cumbria |
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Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Slater's Bridge |
| Designated | 12 January 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1245295 [1] |
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Slater's Bridge is a traditional packhorse bridge in Little Langdale in the English Lake District, standing at National Grid Reference NY3120502996 . [1]
The bridge dates back to the 17th century, and became a listed building in 1967. [1] Built of slate, it consists of a 15-foot (4.6 m) segmental arch and a flatter span built of slabs, and incorporates a natural boulder in midstream. The bridge is thought to have been created by miners working in the nearby Tilberthwaite Fells. [2]
Already in the 19th century, Alexander Craig Gibson called it "an exquisite and unique specimen of a style of bridge all but extinct"; [3] a century later, Alfred Wainwright called it "the most picturesque footbridge in Lakeland, a slender arch constructed of slate from the quarries and built to give the quarrymen a shorter access from their homes". [4]
The bridge was acclaimed in a 20th-century poem as "...this/exercise in hanging circularity, toppling stress./The rough slate wedges carry their own likeness/on the belly of each, with the grass springing sidewise/at the joins. The bare arch links two valley sides/as though by a handclasp across the sky's reflection". [5]
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The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells in the Cumbria, English Lake District and was the highest point of Lancashire until local government reorganisation in 1974. It is at least 2,632.61 feet (802.42 m) high, and lies to the west of the village of Coniston and the lake, Coniston Water. The fell is sometimes known by the alternative name of Coniston Old Man, or simply The Old Man. The mountain is popular with tourists and fell-walkers with a number of well-marked paths to the summit. The mountain has also seen extensive copper and slate mining activity for eight hundred years and the remains of abandoned mines and spoil tips are a significant feature of the north-east slopes. There are also several flocks of sheep that are grazed on the mountain.
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