Blackton Bridge Over Eggleston Burn

Blackton Bridge over Eggleston Burn is a bridge, likely built around 1860, designed for transporting lead ore to a smelt mill for the London Lead Company. It is constructed from large blocks of coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings and features coursed rubble parapets with block coping. The bridge has four high segmental arches with voussoirs, although the easternmost arch is partly blocked, and these arches rest on tapered piers. The parapet copings have a roughly-dressed top, and the blocks were originally held together by iron clamps, which are now missing. There are also 20th-century iron reinforcements tied to the corners of the piers.