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Monk's Bridge is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately three hundred and twenty metres south east of Farthwaite in Cumberland, England. The bridge dates from the medieval period and represents an important example of monastic infrastructure, reflecting the significant role that religious communities played in establishing and maintaining transport routes across the Lake District landscape. The structure exemplifies the practical engineering solutions developed by monastic communities to facilitate travel and commerce between their estates and settlements. As a scheduled monument, it remains a protected archaeological asset that contributes to understanding the medieval ecclesiastical landscape of northern England.
Monk's Bridge 320m south east of Farthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016552. View the official record →
Monk's Bridge is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately three hundred and twenty metres south east of Farthwaite in Cumberland, England.
Monk's Bridge 320m south east of Farthwaite 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 1016552.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets (0.9 km), Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield (2.4 km), Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale Moor (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Monk's Bridge 320m south east of Farthwaite's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Monk's Bridge 320m south east of Farthwaite stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.