Somerset Rivers
Horner Water Structures

West Luccombe Packhorse Bridge

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Bridge Name: West Luccombe Packhorse Bridge
No.: 10
Location: SS 8987 4609
Build Date: late medieval
Engineer:

Description:
West Luccombe packhorse bridge is of late medieval date, with one pointed segmental arch. Scheduled monument; listed grade II.1
Packhorse bridge of one pointed arch with a roadway width of 3ft. Well preserved. Crossing the Horner Water. A single arch bridge supported on rock face on N side and on stone built pier on the S. Pathway 1m wide and 7m length. The cobbled surface of large stones is not complete. A C19 bridge carries the roadway across the stream nearby.2
References:

1.Exmoor National Park HERn – MSO7319
2.Exmoor National Park HER – MSO11993