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Name: Timber bridge at Blakes Bridge, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02114.26.000
Record Type: Monument

Grid Reference: SU 721 735
Administrative Area/Parish:Reading, Reading, Berkshire
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Summary

Timber oak piles were revealed during an excavation. These are probably footings for an earlier timber bridge.

Monument Type(s):

  • BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1801 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Excavation revealed timber piles (oak) clustering in groups of three or four, which were probably footings for an earlier timber bridge probably of early 19th century date <1>.


<1> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2005, Kings Point, 120 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire - An archaeological desk-based assessment (Unpublished document). SRM13135.

Sources

<1>Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2005. Kings Point, 120 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire - An archaeological desk-based assessment. [Unpublished document / SRM13135]

Associated Events:

  • None
  • Associated Monuments

    MRD3963Post-medieval Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

    Associated Finds:

  • None