Somerset Rivers
Horner Water Structures

Hacketty Way Bridge

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Bridge Name: Hacketty Way Bridge
No.: 8
Location: SS 8971 4555
Build Date: Late medieval
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Description:
A well-preserved packhorse bridge of late medieval date, with one segmental arch. Scheduled monument; listed grade II
Horner Bridge over the Horner Water, a packhorse bridge of one segmental arch and a roadway width of 4 ft. This bridge is very well preserved. Late medieval. Coursed red sandstone rubble. Single span segmental headed arch with voussoirs, saddleback coping, plinth around east abutment forming footpath, narrow cobbled pathway, parapets swept back at approaches. Also known as Hacketty Way Bridge. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 30).1

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Exmoor National Park HER – MSO7320