Medieval Packhorse Bridge in Aylestone

I thought I would share this photo. It's the Medeival Packhorse Bridge in Aylestone. It's a very interesting bridge to go see. I highly recommend it.

It's estimated to have been built in the fifteenth century, and walking along it, you feel like you've been transported back in time. There are horses in the fields beside the bridge, and they complete the image in your mind of fifteenth century England. As you walk along it, the center of the bridge is quite narrow. This is where the people and horses passed. But all along the sides of it are these niches that are built to protrude out and away from the center of the bridge. These niches were built for the people passing over the bridge to step into, in order to allow the horses passage.