Minor Waterways Structures

Ashill Bridge

 
       
Bridge Name:   Ashill Bridge
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Location:   Approx 400 metres north of Rowland’s Farmhouse, Ashill ST 3420 1675
Build Date:   Circa 1800.
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Description:    
Road bridge, over stream (trib of Cad Brook). Ham stone ashlar. Single semi-circular arch, plain parapets slightly curved on plan with curl stop-piers to each corner, with very slightly segmental plain top to walling. Bridge similar to Bow Bridge (qv) of 1801, and Jordans South Bridge of 1782, over the same stream.1
     
References:   1. Somerset HER Ref:56497