Packsaddle Bridge

Description of this historic site

Packsaddle bridge, the site of a Medieval bridge destroyed by a flood in 1673. Traces of the stone abutments are still visible in the banks of Finham Brook, just west of the present iron footbridge in the Abbey Fields.

Notes about this historic site

1 The great flood of 1673 – one of the worst floods ever in the town – destroyed the Medieval Packsaddle Bridge, which carried traffic across the brook to the Abbey.
2 Traces of the stone abutments can still be seen in the banks of the stream immediately W of the present iron footbridge in Abbey Fields.
3 The site is within the Scheduled area of the SAM of Kenilworth Abbey (Monument Number 35115).

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