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| HER Number: | MDV46244 |
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| Name: | Road bridge at Two Bridges |
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Summary
Main road bridge at Two Bridges. References from the 18th century mention the rebuilding / construction of the existing bridges, which may have both replaced clapper bridges.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 607 750 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/256
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLAPPER BRIDGE (Built, Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD? to 1772 AD (Between))
- ROAD BRIDGE (Built, XVIII - 1773 AD? to 1799 AD (Between))
Full description
SX60807492, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV252083.
Thomas proposes the above ngr as the site of the 2 bridges from which the place "two bridges" takes its name. Evidence that 2 bridges existed in close proximity, near confluence of west dart and cowsic rivers is provided by 1772 michaelmas session which indicted magistrates for failure to repair "2 bridges in the road from moretonhampstead to plymouth". The following easter the sessions referred to "a certain bridge or bridges called two bridges in the tavistock turnpike". In july 1773 a contract was issued to build 2 bridges at two bridges, of masonry arch structure, each with a span of 14ft, width between parapets of 16ft, length 30ft; uncoursed rubble moorstone in lime and sand. Reported completed by midsummer 1774. The epiphany 1775 session ordered their rebuilding to a new width of 18ft. July 1784 session records destruction by flood of "the bridge called two bridges", and orders rebuilding one bridge on the present site (sx60807492).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV252085.
Thomas, d. L. B. /dcnq/36(1991)363-366/two bridges.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV252086.
Dro=1/20/quarter sessions order book.
THOMAS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV399.
The use of singular and plural in 1772 suggests 2 bridges so close that they could be thought of as one. Ogilby's 1675 map implies that, prior to 1773, the bridges were clappers (thomas).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV252083 | Migrated Record: SX60807492. |
| SDV252085 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV252086 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV399 | Migrated Record: THOMAS. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV5940 | Related to: Clapper Bridge at Two Bridges (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 14 2016 1:45PM |
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