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© Mr Robin Downes
IoE Number:
429207
Location:
TARR STEPS,
DULVERTON, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Mr Robin Downes
Date Photographed:
15 April 2003
Date listed:
06 April 1959
Date of last amendment:
06 April 1959
Grade
I
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SS83SW DULVERTON CP
2/58 Tarr Steps
6.4.59
- I
Clapper bridge over River Barle. Medieval in origin, sections frequently rebuilt after flood damage, most recently in
1942, l952 and 1979. Local grit sandstone slabs weighing up to 1-2 tons apiece. Seventeen spans, 55 m in length set
about one metre above the river, Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 34). (Photograph in NMR Proceedings
SANHS, Vol 93, l947).