MM55 The Bridge

It's Monomonday bridge day and this is a very old bridge over the River Stour just north of Wareham in Dorset.  The stonework is beautiful and so intricate it must have been a true labour of love for those who built it next to the mill.


"There are documentary references to the building of "A Bridge on the River Stour adjacent to the White Mill" in the year 1175. Although the bridge we see today is probably a sixteenth century structure (somewhat hacked around by the Victorians) we know, from an investigation of the foundations a few years ago, that it stands on timber pilings which have themselves been carbon dated to the twelfth century. This is alleged to be the oldest bridge site in Dorset. "


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