Ling Gill Bridge, North Yorkshire

I rubbed this inscription on Ling Gill Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales in 1976. It must have been an important route in 1768 – the bridge is wide enough for two vehicles to pass.
Now it is a farm track, and the Pennine Way. You cross is as you head north from Horton-in-Ribblesdale, just as you emerge onto the open fells of Camm