avon clapper bridge

Clapper bridge so named because in medieval times small trolls used to hide under the bridges and clap folk as they crossed the bridge in return for alms. .... one for lakesman there ...off on one talking b%"ks ...

A clapper bridge is an ancient bridge typical to the moors of Exmoor and Dartmoor.
The term 'clapper' is said to have originated from the Old English/Celtic word cleac which meant a stepping stone. The Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology defines a clapper thus:

"A simple stone bridge made by setting stone blocks at intervals across a river to act as supports for a series of stone slabs laid end to end across the top... Often claimed as prehistoric because of their simplicity and rather primitive appearance, most clapper bridges in fact date to the period between the 14th and 19th centuries AD," Darvill, 2002, on-line source."

this was taken quite high on dartmoor on the river Avon which is dammed below this ancient bridge the weather was pretty bad but i think this proves waiting fro good weather to take images is a waste of time, you need to be out there....