An angle-grinder is thought to have been used to damage Beggar's Bridge, near Glaisdale.
Letters have been inscribed into the bridge's stonework using a power toolAn historic bridge in North Yorkshire has been vandalised with a power tool in what has been described as a "crude act of heritage crime".
Letters or initials have been carved up to 1.5ins deep across parts of the 17th Century stone parapet wall. Annabel Longfield-Reeve, heritage and conservation officer at the North York Moors National Park Authority, said the bridge, which crosses the Esk at the edge of Glaisdale, was "an irreplaceable historic asset"."We urge anyone with information that might be helpful to contact the police."Beggar's Bridge, near Glaisdale, was built across the Esk in 1619 by a wealthy merchant
Legend has it that he was originally the son of a poor Egton farmer and loved Agnes Richardson, daughter of a squire who lived across the River Esk in Glaisdale.
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