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| HER Number: | MDV7959 |
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| Name: | Footbridge at Harbourneford |
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Summary
Clapper bridge.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 717 623 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX76SW9
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 444940
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76SW/29
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 99366
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLAPPER BRIDGE (Constructed, XVII to XIX - 1700 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164702.
Des=worksheet/parishfile.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164703.
Des=parish checklist/south brent.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164704.
Hoskins, w. G. /devon/p348.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164706.
Des=adas record sheet/in smr. Vis=1/3/1995 (adas) stable.
Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV164697.
Vis=footbridge 100m north east of courtledge cottage.
Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV326389.
Doe/hhr:south brent(27/5/1986)58.
Vis=footbridge over harbourne river (a stream). Circa c18 although probably reconstructed in c19. Small clapper bridge with roughly hewn monolithic slate slabs on four stone rubble rectangular piers. Insubstantial c20 steel tube balustrade and iron stanchions. It was recorded by james green the county surveyor, in 1809 (doe).
Henderson, C. + Jervoise, E., 1938, Old Devon Bridges, 37-8 (Monograph). SDV2296.
The old road from Buckfastleigh to South Brent crosses the Harbourne at Harbourneford, where there is a clapper footbridge with four openings. The bridge is described in 1809 as consisting of "flat moorstones thrown across four small openings 4 ft. wide, for foot passengers."
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1960, SX76SW9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV164701.
(07/06/1960) The bridge is at SX 7178 6230 and consists of four stone slabs supported by five rubble pillars. It is 10.0 m. long overall, 1.3 m. wide and 1.6 m. high at the centre of the bridge. The slabs have been surfaced with tarmac, and handrails added. It is impossible to determine the date of the bridge.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV164697 | Report - Survey: |
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| SDV164701 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1960. SX76SW9. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV164702 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV164703 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV164704 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV164706 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV2296 | Monograph: Henderson, C. + Jervoise, E.. 1938. Old Devon Bridges. Old Devon Bridges. Unknown. 37-8. |
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| SDV326389 | Report - Survey: Department of Environment. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV80796 | Related to: K6 Telephone box, Harbourneford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 3 2023 4:39PM |
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