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| HER Number: | MDV134527 |
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| Name: | Railway bridge over the Yestor Brook |
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Summary
Granite-built bridge over Yestor Brook along railway embankment. The bridge has a rounded arched interior measuring c.3.8m in width and c.4m in maximum height. Sloped, coursed granite wing walls are attached to each corner of the bridge. Those on the upstream side extend c.7.75m to the southeast. The abutments on the downstream (northwest) side appear to extend for about the same distance. The abutments are capped with granite blocks.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 563 725 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RAILWAY BRIDGE (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_GWRP_041 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
SX 56379 72584. Granite-built bridge over Yestor Brook along embankment DR+T_GWRP_170. The bridge has a rounded arched interior measuring c.3.8m in width and c.4m in maximum height. Sloped, coursed granite wing walls are attached to each corner of the bridge. Those on the upstream side extend c.7.75m to the southeast. The abutments on the downstream (northwest) side appear to extend for about the same distance. The abutments are capped with granite blocks. The capping on the southeast wing walls contain two 3cm holes, set 10cm apart, in their upper surfaces. There are no parapet remains above the c.1m of stone-coursed facing above the arch. Wooden fencing has been run along both sides of the highest/deepest portion of the embankment in recent years and this now takes the place of the missing parapet.
The bridge is in fair-good condition, albeit missing its parapet. There is much pointing missing from the underside of the arch, although this may be beneficial from a drainage point of view.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360397 | Report - Assessment: Wakeham, C.. 2016. Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1. A4 Bound + Digital. DR+T_GWRP_041. |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #141662 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV19112 | Related to: Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV134593 | Related to: Yestor Bridge over the old Plymouth and Dartmoor railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 28 2023 3:56PM |
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