Flush Bracket 1403: Widdale Bridge   

Flush Bracket on S.W. battlement of Widdale Bridge [2GL]; SW face, SW parapet, Widdale Bridge. 7.9m SE of SE bank of beck.

Location
Grid reference: SD 8265 8789.
Landranger 98: Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB1403.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

1402	Widdale Foot, Old Dairy Farm 718.40m to the southwest.
1404	Snaizeholme Bridge 874.19m to the northeast.
1401	Widdale 1.19km to the southwest.
1405	Tarney Force 1.84km to the northeast.
1400	Long Gill Bridge 2.30km to the southwest.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Ribblesdale, 14.73km to the south.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 922.5240 feet [281.1853 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Ribblesdale to Kirkby Stephen levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.W. battlement of Widdale Bridge.

Third Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1950-68)
This flush bracket was used during the Third geodetic levelling, England & Wales. It was included on the Kirkby Stephen to Ribblesdale levelling line.

Logged Visits
Logged on 11th June 2006 by RHW. Grid reference: SD 827 879. Condition: Good.
Track N side of B6255, SW face of SW buttress, 3m from S end In deep vegetation, mercifully few nettles.

Logged on 26th April 2006 by manonabike. Grid reference: SD 8266 8788. Condition: Good.
SW face of SW parapet

Logged on 24th March 2006 by Calico. Condition: Couldn't find it.
Possibly buried under tarmac. Bridge is similar in style to 1267 Thwaite Bridge. Is fb on butress near water? Worth a revisit perhaps.