Ancient Clam bridge at Wycoller.

This ancient bridge, situated in the hamlet of Wycoller in North-West England is made from a single monolith and is believed to be of neolithic origin (certainly at least 1,000 years old and possibly as old as Stonehenge) and is listed as an "Ancient Monument". Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This screen-shot (link below) from Google maps will give you an idea of the size / scale of this bridge.

www.google.com/maps/@53.8464465,-2.0989534,3a,73.7y,159.71h,89.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7AKvlObE6Y87wcOEfgjoOA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

, Peter Castell, Karp Panta, Ruebenkraut and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo

18 comments - The latest ones

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Great capture, thank you for sharing with us at Historical & Architectural Gems
www.ipernity.com/group/332973

11 years ago.

slgwv ^club

Are you still allowed to cross it? Or is it now protected?

11 years ago.

Phil ^club has replied to slgwv ^club

Hi Steve.....the bridge is part of a public footpath and is open to everyone. There are usually people being photographed on this bridge and you'll probably need to wait if you want a "people-free" photo (that happened this time too, when I took this photo).

11 years ago. Edited 11 years ago.

Denis Croissant ^club

Have 'Health & Safety' seen this bridge?!?

11 years ago.

Phil ^club has replied to Denis Croissant ^club

One of them has.....my brother-in-law, who used to work for the H. & S. "police" :-)

11 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Beautiful capture!

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11 years ago.

Pam J ^club

Love it !!!

10 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

I like it very much

10 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Amazing how long this ancient monument has lasted- HFF, Phil!

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Great image and good to see Health and Safety have left it alone,
HFF and nice weekend

6 years ago.

Tractacus ^club

A slight groove worn along the top; must have been quite busy in it's time. HFF!

6 years ago.

Herb Riddle ^club

Great clapper bridge here? Phil. Well documented above too.

HFF, have a great weekend, Herb

6 years ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Nice capture and a very interesting history. HFF, enjoy your weekend, Phil !

6 years ago.

GoSloMo

They knew how to build to last. I would love to visit this. HFF

6 years ago.

Karp Panta

HFF and a very nice weekend !!!

6 years ago.

natureoncam aka Greg ^club

Have taken an almost identical picture, it is a lovely place to visit.
HFF and a lovely weekend to you.

6 years ago.

Peter Castell ^club

I've not come across one of those was this and important trade route at some time ? HFF have a nice weekend Phil

6 years ago.

Phil ^club has replied to Peter Castell ^club

This bridge is part of a route (footpath) which connects two main roads that run across the Pennines between Lancashire & Yorkshire so it probably was an important link in the past. The stone itself was originally a "standing stone" on the moors above the village, close to the site of ancient burial mounds. It was moved from the moors at some time in the past and since then has been used as a bridge. A few yards away is the site of a ford but when the river floods and is too high for the ford to be used the bridge can be used instead.

6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.

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