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| HER Number: | MDV35522 |
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| Name: | Bridge over River Bovey brook, south-east of Fairbrook Farm |
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Summary
Road bridge over tributary brook of river bovey. Road bridge over small brook. Circa mid c19. Granite rubble with squared and chamfered coping stones and moulded string-course above dressed voussoir arch. The coping stones return at each end of the cambered parapets. Shallow segmental voussoir arch with cambered string-course above. Low granite rubble wall extends either side of both parapets with large roughly dressed coping stone approximately 5 metres to south-east and to north-west. The walls extend as far as adjoining bridge at grid ref 740836 with refuge for pedestrians approximately 1/3 of the way along on the south-west side (doe).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 740 836 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/224
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD BRIDGE (Built, XIX - 1835 AD to 1875 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308958.
Doe/hhr:north bovey/(4/2/1987)153.
Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV331716.
Road bridge over tributary brook of river bovey. Road bridge over small brook. Circa mid c19. Granite rubble with squared and chamfered coping stones and moulded string-course above dressed voussoir arch. The coping stones return at each end of the cambered parapets. Shallow segmental voussoir arch with cambered string-course above. Low granite rubble wall extends either side of both parapets with large roughly dressed coping stone approximately 5 metres to south-east and to north-west. The walls extend as far as adjoining bridge at grid ref 740836 with refuge for pedestrians approximately 1/3 of the way along on the south-west side (doe).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV308958 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV331716 | Migrated Record: Department of Environment. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV35533 | Related to: Fairbrook Cottage, North Bovey (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 5 2018 9:13AM |
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