More information : (NZ 086 132) "The Roman bridge (at Greta Bridge) stood a little below the present one. If search were carefully made, some vestiges of the old bridge might probably be discovered." (Dymond, Arch J, 118, 1961 145ff suggests that a river the width of the Greta in the vicinity of a fort and settlement would have had a stone bridge. The abutments may survive, perhaps encased in earthen ramps carrying the roadway.) (1)
A small rescue excavation by Durham University in March/April 1973 revealed the road (RR 82) at NZ 0874 1325 and NZ 0871 1327 (see NZ O1 SE 16). Sufficient was exposed during investigation to establish the line, which when produced to the river sites the bridge at NZ 0867 1330. No trace of possible abutments survives in the banks at this point. (2)
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