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Summary

Single arch granite bridge over East Okehampton River at Skit Bottom. Bridge consists of a Roman style arch built in dressed granite, surrounded and supported by coursed stonework and topped by a low parapet less than 0.5 metres high made from large granite slabs. The total width is 4 metres.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW80
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 916625

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BRIDGE (Constructed, Early 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1932 AD (Between))

Full description

Gill, C. (ed.), 1970, Dartmoor: a New Study, 273 (Monograph). SDV161800.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(20/09/1993) SX60728973 A single-arch granite bridge which conveys the military track to Oke Tor across the East Okement at Skit Bottom. The Bridge consists of a Roman style arch built in dressed granite, surrounded and supported by coursed stonework and topped by a low parapet less than 0.5 metres high made from large granite slabs. The total width is 4 metres.
Not noted by Crossing (1912); it is likely to have early twentieth century origins, probably dating from the peak of military road building activity within Okehampton Range in 1906-7 (citing Gill, 1970, 273).

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(22/01/2004) Bridge remains in use and is as described in 1993.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Bridge visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Bridge shown on modern mapping.

Newman, P., 2020, Okehampton Training Area - Updates (Correspondence). SDV363729.

Inspected on 21st January 2020. A single arched granite bridge over the East Okement river at Skit Bottom. Still in use for light vehicles.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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