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| HER Number: | MDV6251 |
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| Name: | Remains of bridge on the Blackbrook River |
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Summary
Drystone footings of granite blocks, on both sides of the river. Presumably single span clapper bridge. Condition of remains fairly good.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 606 738 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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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
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW17
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443280
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/20
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FOOTBRIDGE (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233927.
Prowse, a. B. /tda/33(1901)497, fig. /the antiquities of ockery and roundhill, dartmoor. Vis=stone buttresses of an old clam bridge (prowse).
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1980, SX67SW17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV233926.
(04/09/1950) Remains of bridge. Drystone footings of granite blocks, one on either side of the river. Presumably single span clapper bridge. Condition of remains fairly good. 5m span.
(29/01/1980) The bridge abutments are of drystone construction with some evidence of wedge splitting but no drill marks. The abutments are 4.2m. long and 1.4m. wide, with some modern concrete additions on the north bank. As a 'clam bridge' is of a single plank or stone the 6.0m. span suggests a wood rather than a stone bridge.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500 for AO Records. (see illustration and ground photographs).
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(02/02/1988) The twin 1.3m high bridge abutments built of selected moorland stones now support a modern timber footbridge. Well preserved.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV233926 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1980. SX67SW17. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV233927 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. M. J. Fletcher. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8627 - Roundhill Farm Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 8 2022 4:55PM |
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