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| HER Number: | MDV45592 |
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| Name: | Lovaton Bridge |
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Summary
Bridge described as clapper bridge at above ngr (dcc).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 542 663 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/151
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BRIDGE (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250970.
Des=dcc highways division weak clapper bridge consultation/(16/10/1992)/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250973.
Des=photo by d. Mccallum (dcc)/(1993)/in archive.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40159.
Bridge described as clapper bridge at above ngr (dcc).
Stead, P. M., 1993, Archaeological Assessment of Devon County Council Clapper Bridges, 6 (Report - Survey). SDV138740.
Lovaton Bridge. Two spans. Lintels recently mortared. Ford on 1888 Ordnance Survey map. Other details: DCC ref 503.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1993, Untitled Source (Archive - Survey). SDV138745.
Well-built and mortared throughout. Unusually, lintels actually mortared together. Abutments and pier of granite blocks, fairly well faced and apparently contemporary (same mortar); recently repointed parapet walls of random coursed granite fragments. Dogs tooth coping. Sharply pointed cutwater.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV138740 | Report - Survey: Stead, P. M.. 1993. Archaeological Assessment of Devon County Council Clapper Bridges. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 93.88. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6. |
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| SDV138745 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1993. Dartmoor Clapper Bridge Survey. A4 Ring Bound. |
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| SDV250970 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV250973 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV40159 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV107510 | Related to: Burgoynes (Lovaton), Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 12 2014 11:30AM |
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