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Dent Head viaduct

England
List entry 1007243
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007243
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.28 hectares
Grid reference
SD 77780 84401
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dent Head viaduct is a stone railway viaduct located in Dentdale, Yorkshire, constructed between 1875 and 1877 as part of the Settle-Carlisle Railway line. The structure comprises eleven arches built in local stone and represents a significant feat of Victorian engineering designed to carry the railway across the valley of the River Dee. The viaduct stands as a notable example of nineteenth-century railway infrastructure and remains an important monument to the period of railway expansion in northern England. Its construction required substantial earthworks and engineering innovation to negotiate the challenging topography of the Pennines.

Dent Head viaduct is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007243. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Dent Head viaduct?

Dent Head viaduct is a stone railway viaduct located in Dentdale, Yorkshire, constructed between 1875 and 1877 as part of the Settle-Carlisle Railway line. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007243.

Who is responsible for protecting Dent Head viaduct?

Dent Head viaduct is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007243.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dent Head viaduct?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn at Force Gill, 80m SSE of Little Dale aqueduct (3.3 km), Cairn above Cam Pasture, 700m NNW of Cam Houses (4.6 km), Ribblehead railway construction camp and prehistoric field system (5.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn at Force Gill, 80m SSE of Little Dale aqueduct
3.3 km
Cairn above Cam Pasture, 700m NNW of Cam Houses
4.6 km
Ribblehead railway construction camp and prehistoric field system
5.2 km
Settlement on Gauber Cow Pasture Rocks
6 km
Settlement on Gauber High Pasture Rock
6.1 km
Round barrow on Sleights Pasture
6.4 km
Settlement in Ashes Shaw Pasture, Horton
6.4 km
Eller Keld settlement site
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dent Head viaduct

Dent Head viaduct stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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