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| clapper bridges, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| also see:- |  bridges, Cumbria |
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| Span by Slab |
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| Clapper bridges are made of large slabs of stone laid from bank to bank, or across
pillars, or even cantilevered, to cross a stream. They come in a variety of styles. |
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| Some you cross confidently, but ... |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, lady sitting on a clapper bridge, Westmorland? by Herbert
Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1890s-1900s. click to enlargeHB1017.jpg item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3186.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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