Crook Of Lune Bridge

Crook of Lune Bridge is a public road bridge over the River Lune, believed to date from the 16th century or earlier, with some alterations. It is constructed of roughly coursed mixed rubble and features two slightly asymmetrical segmental arches made of long thin rubble with stone-slate arch-bands. These arches spring from a pier and plinth that have triangular cutwaters on both the upstream and downstream sides, which are carried up as battered triangular buttresses. The bridge has a humped and unusually narrow deck, approximately 2 meters wide, that rises from the west end and is protected by rebuilt parapets of coursed rubble, which curve outwards over splayed abutments. This bridge forms part of an ancient north-south route along Lunesdale, which was used by drovers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it is a very picturesque feature in its setting.