A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of the English West Country (Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas...
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Postbridge (category Bridges in Devon)
for its fine example of an ancient clapper bridge over the river. First recorded in the 14th century, the bridge is believed to have been built in the...
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simplest beam bridge could be a log (see log bridge), a wood plank, or a stone slab (see clapper bridge) laid across a stream. Bridges designed for modern...
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Tarr Steps (category Bridges in Somerset)
Tarr Steps is a clapper bridge across the River Barle in the Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England. The bridge is in a national nature reserve about...
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Quest Clapper, part of a bell Clapper (musical instrument), consisting of two pieces of wood struck together Clapper bridge, an ancient form of bridge Clapper...
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Footbridge (redirect from Foot bridge)
footbridge was opened, being the longest wooden bridge in Switzerland. A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of Devon (Dartmoor and...
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Stepping stones (redirect from Step stone bridge)
South Korean series Squid Game as the fifth game played in the series. Clapper bridge Footbridge Ford (crossing) Kulgrinda "Glossary of Trail and Greenway...
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types of bridges. Cable-stayed suspension bridge "The five main bridge designs". ECL Civil Engineering. 21 March 2022. "Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul...
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A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames usually carrying a railroad line. A trestle (sometimes...
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Ballybeg Priory (section Clapper bridge)
nothing has survived to indicate that it did. The remains of a medieval clapper bridge, constructed by the monks in the 13th century, crosses the Awbeg in...
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the top of a conical hill. Tarr Steps are a prehistoric (c. 1000 BC) clapper bridge across the River Barle, about 4 km (2+1⁄2 mi) south-east of Withypool...
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log bridge is a timber bridge that uses logs that fall naturally or are intentionally felled or placed across streams. The first man-made bridges with...
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An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads...
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Mullinhassig Wood (redirect from Aghavrin Clapper Bridge)
larch. At the eastern end of the wood is a clapper bridge. Known locally as 'Aghavrin Clapper Bridge', this bridge crosses Glashagarriff River (Irish: Glaise...
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Stara Bridge is a clapper bridge across the River Lynher in east Cornwall, England, dating to the Late Middle Ages and now scheduled under the Ancient...
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road bridge, built in 1792, spans the East Dart; just above it, at the side of the large carpark is an earlier, possibly medieval, clapper bridge, now...
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Culvert (category Bridges)
and built in south-east Queensland. Bridge – Structure built to span physical obstacles Clapper bridge – Bridge formed by large flat slabs of stone Culvert...
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granite blocks from the tomb's pedestal had also been used to make a clapper bridge across a stream flowing into the River Swincombe near the farm. The...
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the scattered hamlet of Colden, crossing Colden Water by an ancient clapper bridge. It then passes the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs and climbs to the ruins...
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Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for significant road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Significant railway bridges are listed...
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(where the 2011 Census population is included). There is a ford and two clapper bridges on the Penpont Water and the 346 m (1137 ft) high hill Bray Down nearby...
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a late medieval six-arch stone Landacre Bridge in Withypool, and the Tarr Steps, a prehistoric clapper bridge possibly dating from 1000 BC. The stone...
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bridge Side-spar cable-stayed bridge Segmental bridge Multi-Level Bridges Viaduct Vierendeel bridge Toll bridge Footbridge Clapper bridge Moon bridge...
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castle built near the River Esk. The village has a Clapper bridge that spans Danby Beck; this bridge was listed as Grade II in 2016. Castleton has a primary...
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granite-faced concrete dam and lake in Fernworthy Forest, near Chagford Fingle Bridge – a 17th-century crossing of the River Teign near Chagford Great Links Tor...
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Partridge praised the immediacy and impact of his dialect writing. The clapper bridge at Postbridge, which is the central location of Phillpotts' novel The...
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founded in his memory, and John Keble Church, Mill Hill, and the ancient clapper bridge over the River Leach near the church in which he was curate in the village...
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packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists...
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complex traditionally associated with the sun goddess Áine. A nearby clapper bridge, known as Clochán Áine, is also associated with Áine. Knockainy Castle...
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