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Bridge Name: Marsh Street Footbridge
No.: 28
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Bridge Name: Flood Relief Channel Bridge East
No.: 27
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Build Date: circa 1960
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flood relief channel was constructed following the severe 1960s floods

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Bridge Name: Flood Relief Channel Rail Bridge
No.: 26
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Build Date: circa 1960
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flood relief channel was constructed following the severe 1960s floods

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Bridge Name: Flood Relief Channel Bridge A
No.: 25
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flood relief channel was constructed following the severe 1960s floods

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Bridge Name: Flood Relief Channel Bridge west
No.: 24
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flood relief channel was constructed following the severe 1960s floods

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Bridge Name: Loxhole Bridge
No.: 23
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Bridge Name: Lawns’ Bridge
No.: 22
Location: SS 9929 4347
Build Date: Late 18th century
Engineer: Richard Phelps

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Late 18th century. Stone built with three semi-circular arches, wider central arch with depressed triangular parapet. Moulded stone copings to parapets and abutment walls. Rock-faced rusticated pilasters and voussoirs.
English Heritage Listed Building Number: 264653. First Listed on 04/08/1983. An 18th-century bridge spans the River Avill at SS 9930 4347. It is Palladian in style, with three arches. The vouissoirs are of undressed stone to give a picturesque appearance. The rest of the structure is of local mortared stone, capped with sandstone slabs. An artificial waterfall below the bridge adds to the effect. The bridge was designed by Richard Phelps, and is part of the 18th century enhancement of the grounds of Dunster Castle, for H F Luttrell. The bridge leads from the formal grounds around the castle, out towards the Deer Park.1

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1.Exmoor National Park HER – MSO12063

Bridge Name: Marsh Footbridge
No.: 21
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Bridge Name: Lovers’ Bridge
No.: 20
Location: Mill Lane, Dunster – SS 9916 4333
Build Date: eighteenth century
Engineer: Richard Phelps

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Mid/late 18th century; picturesque bridge built by HF Luttrell (of Dunster Castle) to replace medieval mill bridge over River Avill. Brick and stone. Two pointed arches. Low brick parapet south side. Parapet to north side raised but damaged. Rock faced rusticated voussoirs.
English Heritage Listed Building Number: 264701. First Listed on 04/08/1983. An eighteenth century bridge spanning the River Avill in the grounds of Dunster Castle lies at SS 9916 4333, 200m upstream from the Palladian bridge (PRN 34921). The bridge is built in a “rustic” style, designed to be viewed from the north. The double-arched span curves over the river, and a waterfall and island have been created downstream. The bridge is built of local stone with a brick capping. A brick seat is built into the parapet. The northern side is faced with undressed stone and pebbles to create a rustic effect; the southern face is plain. The bridge takes a footpath over the river and out of the Castle grounds towards the Deer Park. It was designed by Richard Phelps, and is part of the 18th century enhancement of the grounds of Dunster Castle, for H F Luttrell.1

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1.Exmoor National Park HER – MSO12106

Bridge Name: Gallox Bridge
No.: 19
Location: Dunster – SS 9895 4321
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Gallox Bridge on the River Avill, is a packhorse bridge with two slightly pointed arches and a roadway width of c3ft 3ins.
Bridge length 10.5m and 1.2m wide. The two arches are slightly pointed and have double arch rings. Each side has four narrow chamfered ribs. There is a cut-water on the upstream side only. The bridge leads to a causeway skirting a ford on the N side.Also a listed building,Scheduled area revised with new national number on 28 June 1996, was Somerset 149.1
June 3, 1662. Payd to Francis Hill for repayring a bridge by Dunster. 2

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1.Exmoor National Park HER – MSO11991
2. History of hundred of Carhampton, in the County of Somerset, from the best authorities by James Savage