Approximately 35 yards southwest of the Village Hall this Little (Flood) Bridge dates back to circa 1769; partly rebuilt in 1794; restored 1966. Roughly dressed sandstone. Single span. Segmental arch of voussoirs approximately 0.7 metre high in the centre of a raised causeway. The bridge and causeway span a dry ditch and were constructed to provide passage for packhorses across floodwater from the nearby River Seven. The bridge as built was a hump-backed packhorse bridge with a segmental arch. Following the silting up of the original flood channel, the approaches were banked up by spreading large stones over the causeway, thus reducing the slope of the hump. Parapets, portions of which remain, were added at this time.
The cache can be found at N54 AB.ACD W000 DA.EFA
The values of A,B,C,D,E,F can be found here
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code and he will give you a number for your bridge. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches "Little Bridges # xxxx then the name" including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.