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Packhorse Bridge is a stone arch bridge located in Lincolnshire, England, dating from the medieval period. The bridge was constructed to facilitate the movement of goods transported by packhorses along established trade routes, serving as essential infrastructure for commerce in the region during the Middle Ages. Its modest single arch design is typical of packhorse bridges of the period, built with durable stone construction to withstand regular use by laden animals and the passage of time. The bridge represents an important survival of medieval commercial infrastructure and demonstrates the established trading networks that connected Lincolnshire to wider markets during this era.
Packhorse bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005032. View the official record →
Packhorse Bridge is a stone arch bridge located in Lincolnshire, England, dating from the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005032.
Packhorse bridge 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 1005032.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement SE of Welton le Wold village (6.6 km), Neolithic long barrow 575m WSW of Manor Warren Farm (7.7 km), Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Packhorse bridge'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.
Packhorse bridge stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.