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| HER Number: | MDV3040 |
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| Name: | Bridge, Bittaford |
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Summary
The bridge which carries the Exeter-Plymouth road over the Lud Brook at Bittaford, and was the A38 until 1972, dates from 1892 when the second railway viaduct was built.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 665 569 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/124
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD BRIDGE (Built, XIX - 1892 AD to 1892 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160209.
The bridge which carries the exeter-plymouth road over the lud brook at bittaford, and was the a38 until 1972, dates from 1892 when the second railway viaduct was built. The bridge at present is built in granite, with two round arches and a long granite abutment on each side to take the bridge across the valley. The road has been improved several times and original details are uncertain. The bridge replaced an earlier bridge built when the turnpike road took this route in the 1820s; the earlier bridge being upstream on the line now taken by the railway viaduct built in 1892. Remains of old stone walls or parapets can be seen between the arches of the viaduct.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160210.
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Sources / Further Reading
| SDV160209 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV160210 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV3050 | Related to: Bittaford Viaduct, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 14 2016 10:45AM |
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