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Landacre Bridge

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It was built in the late medieval period with the first documentary evidence being from 1610. Restoration work was undertaken in 1875, and again following damage during flooding in 1952.
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The stone bridge has five arches each with a span of 9 feet (2.7 m). It has pointed arches with
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by Exmoor Border Morris, which they performed at the bridge in 2016.
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The grassy banks are grazed by sheep and provide an environment for
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Coordinates
51°06′43″N 3°41′31″W / 51.1119°N 3.6919°W / 51.1119; -3.6919
River Barle
listed building
ancient monument
Arch bridge
River Barle
Withypool
Exmoor
English county
Somerset
scheduled monument
listed building
cutwaters
parapets
Montbretia
Ivy-leaved Bellflower
Bottle Sedge
Bog-bean
Marsh Speedwell
Bog Asphodel
Round-leaved Sundew
Watermilfoil
Monkeyflower
Blood-drop-emlets
Morris Dance


Historic England

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