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| HER Number: | MDV134250 |
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| Name: | Clapper bridge over the Black Ridge Brook |
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Summary
Previously unrecorded single-span clapper bridge across the Black Ridge Brook, formed by a granite slab laid flat with its long axis across the stream, measuring approximately 1.5m by 1m by 0.2 - 0.3m thick. May mark a regular route taken by moormen, turf-cutters or tinners between Black Hill and Black Ridge, and could date to the Medieval or early post-Medieval period. Map location is correct but this part of stream is not recorded on the modern mapping.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 599 851 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLAPPER BRIDGE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Large stone visible on the aerial image at SX 59947 85133. Lies on the line of a tributary of the Black Ridge Brook (not shown on the modern mapping).
Greeves, T. A. P. + Greeves, E., 2023, Images of clapper bridge over Black Ridge Brook (Photograph). SDV365630.
Greeves, T. A. P. + Greeves, E., 2023, Notification of previously unrecorded clapper bridge (Correspondence). SDV365631.
(06/09/2023) SX 59951 85140 (GPS) Previously unrecorded single-span clapper bridge across the Black Ridge Brook noted.
The bridge is formed from a granite slab laid flat with its long axis across the stream, and measures approximately 1.5m by 1m by 0.2 - 0.3m thick. Vegetation prevented closer examination of any potential supporting structure. The stream is not wide at this point but lies at quite a depth below the slab.
Recorders suggest this bridge may mark a regular route taken by moormen, turf-cutters or tinners between Black Hill and Black Ridge, and may be of Medieval or early post-Medieval date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #141148 ] |
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| SDV365630 | Photograph: Greeves, T. A. P. + Greeves, E.. 2023. Images of clapper bridge over Black Ridge Brook. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 11 2023 10:53AM |
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