Brigg Blog took these pictures across the water from the old towpath, which runs alongside the newly-created Ancholme Way footpath and cycle way.
Other Brigg residents also went down to observe this free spectacle, some with cameras.
The weather was perfect for the lifting operation - sunny, warm and with very little wind.
Spring is now in the air - official!
AND FINALLY.... A REFLECTIVE VIEW OF BRIGG COUNTY BRIDGE
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| Our final picture was taken as we walked back along the towpath en route to Brigg Farmers' Market and gives an indication of how pleasant the weather was yesterday, with the sun reflecting off the surface of the water as far as the County Bridge in the distance. Families with young children went along to feed ducks on the Old River Ancholme, while some people of more senior years just went for a stroll or chose to walk down to the Lidl store. When we recorded the scene it was a shade early for the White Hart pub, right, to have its renowned riverside beer garden open for those who fancied a cooling pint. |
The site of the background crane, the crane on the left in some photos, is roughly located where the Brigg 'raft' was excavated in 1974 - first discovered in the 1880's.
ReplyDeleteNow we have to rediscover the Bronze Age Trackway..a massive wooden structure...first exposed in 1880's and then 1933...timbers were found from the Trackway in the New Ancholme in 1955....BUT amazingly, no-one made a record of it location.
If this trackway was excavated, it could make Brigg a very significant Bronze Age site (even though most of the Trackway could be in the Parish of Broughton)...
The site of the background crane, the crane on the left in some photos, is roughly located where the Brigg 'raft' was excavated in 1974 - first discovered in the 1880's.
ReplyDeleteNow we have to rediscover the Bronze Age Trackway..a massive wooden structure...first exposed in 1880's and then 1933...timbers were found from the Trackway in the New Ancholme in 1955....BUT amazingly, no-one made a record of it location.
If this trackway was excavated, it could make Brigg a very significant Bronze Age site (even though most of the Trackway could be in the Parish of Broughton)...
One of the cruisers ...the one with the guy in orange hi-viz on the fly-bridge..is called Purbeck Princess..a name that probably reflects the boat's origin...Purbeck on the coast in Dorset. The Purbeck area has given its name to a series of Jurassic (the time of the dinosaurs) rock strata)
ReplyDeleteHowever, by coincidence, Brigg's Market Place is geologically sited over Purbeck Shale and associated, Kimmeridge Clay...these isolated strata has slughtly elevated this part of Brigg to be above the historical flood line and which probably account why this part of the town..a natural island in a watery marsh.. was and remains the important focus of past and present settlement...
One of the cruisers ...the one with the guy in orange hi-viz on the fly-bridge..is called Purbeck Princess..a name that probably reflects the boat's origin...Purbeck on the coast in Dorset. The Purbeck area has given its name to a series of Jurassic (the time of the dinosaurs) rock strata)
ReplyDeleteHowever, by coincidence, Brigg's Market Place is geologically sited over Purbeck Shale and associated, Kimmeridge Clay...these isolated strata has slughtly elevated this part of Brigg to be above the historical flood line and which probably account why this part of the town..a natural island in a watery marsh.. was and remains the important focus of past and present settlement...
Ps..nearly 4got, Nige...the foundations of the Humber Bridge are on Kimmeridge Clay...and I think that Westminster Bank in Brigg is constructed from Purbeck limestone, as is the Monument, I believe....so lots of connections with the famous Jurassic Coastline in Dorset...
ReplyDeletePs..nearly 4got, Nige...the foundations of the Humber Bridge are on Kimmeridge Clay...and I think that Westminster Bank in Brigg is constructed from Purbeck limestone, as is the Monument, I believe....so lots of connections with the famous Jurassic Coastline in Dorset...
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ReplyDelete..daft me...I mean Portland stone, which is associated with Dorset...
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ReplyDelete..daft me...I mean Portland stone, which is associated with Dorset...