Description

SW 7026-7126 GWEEK NEW ROAD, Gweek

10/158 New Road Bridge at SW 703264
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GV II

Bridge for cart track over stream leading to the Helford River, C17 (shown on map of 1696 at Lanhydrock). Possibly rebuilt in the C18 or C19. Granite rubble with
roughly-hewn granite dressings.
2-span bridge with large roughly-hewn granite lintels spanning the openings and
forming the road surface.
Possibly originally a clapper footbridge later widened for horse-drawn vehicles.
Sources: Old Cornish Bridges by Charles Henderson and Henry Coates.

Listing NGR: SW7032926480

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613771

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