Clapper Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Bridge.
Clapper Bridge
- WRENN ID
- veiled-corridor-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Clapper Bridge, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 658 773
- Coordinates
- 50.58023, -3.89624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clapper Bridge over the East Dart River is a medieval structure. It features piers made of large granite blocks with granite slab lintels. Originally, the bridge had four spans, but only two of these spans still retain their lintels. This bridge is believed to have been part of the medieval track known as the lich way, which connected the Ancient Tenements in the Forest to Lydford.
Local climate
Clapper Bridge receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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