Narrow stone bridge over the Colden Beck. The buildings behind the bridge and slightly to the left are School Land Farm, with beyond that to the right Old Edge.
On a packhorse route to Hurstwood and Colne this medieval wayside cross stands in magnificent moorland above the Gorple reservoirs. In the drought of 1976 the receding water revealed an ancient paved trackway, part of the original medieval causeway…
This attractive single arched packhorse type bridge has steps at both sides which has lead to the conclusion that it was probably only used as a footbridge for Strines Farmhouse and Colden.
Courtesy English…
Near the top end of the Colden Valley on a packhorse route to Hurstwood and Colne this medieval wayside cross stands in magnificent moorland above the Gorple reservoirs. In the drought of 1976 the receding water revealed an ancient paved trackway,…