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HER Number:172090
Name:TRURO - Post Medieval bridge

Summary

A road bridge is recorded on the 1st Edition 1:2500 OS map c1880 at the valley bottom of Comprigney Hill, Truro

Grid Reference:SW 8161 4525
Parish:Truro, Carrick, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 172090

Monument Type(s):

  • BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

A road bridge is recorded on the 1st Edition 1:2500 OS map c1880 at the valley bottom of Comprigney Hill, Truro.
The Cornish Bridge Project states:
"A two span bridge of two concrete and granite slabs over roughly sorted and squared and faced granite rubble pier and retaining walls (pointed). The parapets are similar to the abutments though somewhat smaller masonry. On the DS side there is a pair of concrete block buttresses" (b1).


<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Cornish Bridge Project, OA112 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4062.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4062 - Cornwall Event Report: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Cornish Bridge Project. OA112.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded