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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 of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and in northern Wester Ross and north-west Sutherland in Scotland.
Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.. Postbridge is on the East Dart river, one of two main tributaries of the River Dart, and consists of a few houses, a shop, a pub and hotel, and a national park tourist information centre.
A few long-established Dartmoor farms had to be abandoned and disappeared under the water as a result. During years of drought, some ruins can once again become visible. At Fernworthy, for example, low water levels often reveal the remains of Fernworthy Farm and a small granite Clapper bridge which once crossed the South Teign River.
It flows south and then south-west for around 9 km to reach the village of Postbridge where it is spanned by a well-known clapper bridge. Before reaching Postbridge the river swings to the east, and then to north-east, flowing between clitter (boulder) strewn steep slopes before once again flowing south.
The Cherry Brook is a tributary of the West Dart River on Dartmoor, Devon, England.. It rises about a kilometre north of Lower White Tor in the open moorland and flows in a generally southerly direction past Powder Mills, the site of a 19th-century gunpowder factory, then under a clapper bridge where it turns easterly and passes under the B3212 road at Higher Cherrybrook Bridge.
A clapper bridge over the Blackbrook River The Blackbrook River , also known as the Blackabrook River, is a tributary of the West Dart River on Dartmoor in Devon , England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Dartmeet is a popular tourist spot in the centre of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid reference It lies at the end of the B3357 road, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Two Bridges . From here, the road continues eastwards as a minor road with restrictions on the size of vehicles, [ 1 ] past Poundsgate and over Holne Bridge and New Bridge to ...
The rivers are crossed by a number of clapper bridges, notably at the hamlet of Postbridge. At Totnes a weir (of the 17th century vintage rebuilt in the 1960s) has been constructed across the river. The river reach between the Totnes weir and the port is tidal and hence navigable, and there are no bridges across the river in this reach. [3]