TARR STEPS
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1247822
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- Statutory Address:
- TARR STEPS
Map
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- TARR STEPS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Somerset
- District:
- West Somerset (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dulverton
- National Park:
- EXMOOR
- National Grid Reference:
- SS8677632116
Details
SS83SW DULVERTON CP
2/58 Tarr Steps
6.4.59
- I
Clapper bridge over River Barle. Medieval in origin, sections frequently rebuilt after flood damage, most recently in
1942, l952 and 1979. Local grit sandstone slabs weighing up to 1-2 tons apiece. Seventeen spans, 55 m in length set
about one metre above the river, Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 34). (Photograph in NMR Proceedings
SANHS, Vol 93, l947).
Listing NGR: SS8677632116
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 429207
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
'Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society' in Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, , Vol. 93, (1947)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing