Bridging the Gap Traditional Cache
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Three-Arch Bridge Over the River Tone at Nynehead
Three-Arch Bridge Over the River Tone at Nynehead
The three-arch bridge is about half a mile directly south of Nynehead Court and is the final structure on the old carriageway as it approached the Court from the south. The carriageway entry gates are off Nynehead Road near Poole. Between there and the three-arch bridge the carriageway passes under two archways; one under the railway visible from the old canal foot path and the other, shown below, is under the canal itself. The carriageway was originally lined with an avenue of some 140 turkey oaks, planted in 1832 by Edward Sanford in celebration of the Great Reform Act. For several decades no trace of the avenue remained, the trees having been felled in the mid-20th C. but the line of the carriageway was still discernible, especially in winter when the ground was clear of crops. However, in early 2011 an avenue of 68 oaks was re-planted along the old carriageway from the archway under the canal lift to the three arch bridge.
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