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Lizwell Bridge

England
List entry 1003294
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003294
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SX 71188 74110
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lizwell Bridge is a medieval stone bridge located in Devon, England. The structure dates from the medieval period and represents an example of local stone bridge construction typical of Devon's river crossings. The bridge demonstrates the engineering practices and masonry techniques employed in medieval Devon for the maintenance of important communication routes across watercourses.

Lizwell Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003294. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Lizwell Bridge?

Lizwell Bridge is a medieval stone bridge located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003294.

Who is responsible for protecting Lizwell Bridge?

Lizwell Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003294.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lizwell Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hawson Cross (5.9 km), The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey (7.3 km), Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh (7.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hawson Cross
5.9 km
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey
7.3 km
Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh
7.3 km
Chapel E of parish church
8.1 km
Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon
9.1 km
Enclosure and hut circles E of Huntingdon Ford
9.1 km
Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren
9.1 km
Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lizwell Bridge

Lizwell Bridge stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Lizwell Bridge

ExeterRoman town · ~17.2 miles
Domesday entry for Dunstone, Devon →
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