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Ancient bridge in Wistow, Cambridgeshire, UK. Photos taken by me in May 2019.
Constructed in 16th century ~ renovated in 20th century.

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The old bridge was "renovated" with a covering of concrete, using the old structure as a convenient foundation. When crossing it you are hardly aware that it is a bridge: just a tarmac roadway with railings each side. Certainly these is no clue to the older structure underneath. Here is the Google Streetview.

But I noticed the word 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 in gothic script on an Ordnance Survey map, discovered that it is a Scheduled Monument and went for a closer look.

It was listed as such on 4th November 1982. I don't know whether this was because of the sheer desecration of the bridge, or whether the "renovation" was carried out later, despite its protected status.

The location of the top right photo is my favourite, although it loses something of my experience withof the rippling stream, flora, insects and closeness to nature, a very different world from the roadway above, which doesn't know or care.

Ancient bridge in Wistow, Cambridgeshire, UK. Photos taken by me in May 2019.
Constructed in 16th century ~ renovated in 20th century.

enter image description here

The old bridge was "renovated" with a covering of concrete, using the old structure as a convenient foundation. When crossing it you are hardly aware that it is a bridge: just a tarmac roadway with railings each side. Certainly these is no clue to the older structure underneath. Here is the Google Streetview.

But I noticed the word 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 in gothic script on an Ordnance Survey map, discovered that it is a Scheduled Monument and went for a closer look.

It was listed as such on 4th November 1982. I don't know whether this was because of the sheer desecration of the bridge, or whether the "renovation" was carried out later, despite its protected status.

The location of the top right photo is my favourite, although it loses something of my experience with the rippling stream, flora, insects and closeness to nature, a very different world from the roadway above, which doesn't know or care.

Ancient bridge in Wistow, Cambridgeshire, UK. Photos taken by me in May 2019.
Constructed in 16th century ~ renovated in 20th century.

enter image description here

The old bridge was "renovated" with a covering of concrete, using the old structure as a convenient foundation. When crossing it you are hardly aware that it is a bridge: just a tarmac roadway with railings each side. Certainly these is no clue to the older structure underneath. Here is the Google Streetview.

But I noticed the word 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 in gothic script on an Ordnance Survey map, discovered that it is a Scheduled Monument and went for a closer look.

It was listed as such on 4th November 1982. I don't know whether this was because of the sheer desecration of the bridge, or whether the "renovation" was carried out later, despite its protected status.

The location of the top right photo is my favourite, although it loses something of my experience of the rippling stream, flora, insects and closeness to nature, a very different world from the roadway above, which doesn't know or care.

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Weather Vane
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  • 12.3k
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Ancient bridge in Wistow, Cambridgeshire, UK. Photos taken by me in May 2019.
Constructed in 16th century ~ renovated in 20th century.

enter image description here

The old bridge was "renovated" with a covering of concrete, using the old structure as a convenient foundation. When crossing it you are hardly aware that it is a bridge: just a tarmac roadway with railings each side. Certainly these is no clue to the older structure underneath. Here is the Google Streetview.

But I noticed the word 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 in gothic script on an Ordnance Survey map, discovered that it is a Scheduled Monument and went for a closer look.

It was listed as such on 4th November 1982. I don't know whether this was because of the sheer desecration of the bridge, or whether the "renovation" was carried out later, despite its protected status.

The location of the top right photo is my favourite, although it loses something of my experience with the rippling stream, flora, insects and closeness to nature, a very different world from the roadway above, which doesn't know or care.