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Hell Gill Bridge - Mallerstang.

Spanning the infant River Eden this is the first of many bridges over the river. It carries an old path called Lady Anne's Way. The route taken by Lady Ann Clifford when travelling between her many properties in the North o England; from Skipton to Penrith in the seventeenth century.. Like many early routeways in hilly country they avoided valley bottoms and clung to valley sides to avoid seasonal adverse weather conditions that could make travel problematic.

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Uploaded on January 1, 2025
Taken on February 12, 2013