Flush Bracket 1265: Holme Heads Bridge   

Flush Bracket on N.E. buttress of Holme Head's Bridge [2GL] - estimated location; FB reported destroyed; bridge demolished (1946?); FB evidently replaced for 3GL by Bolt on replacement bridge.

Location
Grid reference: SD 8499 9154.
Landranger 98: Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB1265.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

1266	Collier Holme 965.19m to the northwest.
1264	Appersett Bridge 1.15km to the southeast.
1134	Lanacar Lane 1.82km to the south.
G2372	Hawes, Gate House 2.40km to the southeast.
1267	Thwaite Bridge 2.51km to the west.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Kirkby Stephen (1912), 17.34km to the northwest.

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 789.8910 feet [240.7588 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 N.E. buttress of Holme Head's Bridge.

Logged Visits
Logged on 7th September 2005 by iainmac. Grid reference: SD 849 915. Condition: Destroyed.
Holmhead Bridge replaced with a new one in 1947 (stone in bridge). Signs of old buttresses, inspected, but nothing found.