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Photo Pages: Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge - Ancient Trackway in England in Somerset
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Submitted by Thorgrim on Friday, 15 August 2003 Page Views: 24622
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 Site Name: Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge Country: England County: Somerset Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Dulverton Nearest Village: Winsford
Map Ref: SS868321 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.077023N Longitude: 3.617286W
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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Prehistoric bridge over the river Barle near Winsford. Dating from 1000 BC, some of the stones weigh 5 tons and were said to have been placed there by the Devil to win a bet.
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 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
Tarr Steps in the autumn
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
Tarr Steps - view down the bridge
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
Tarr Steps - fantastic autumn colours
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
Tarr Steps with autumn leaves
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
Magical Tarr Steps - one of the most amazing megalithic sites I have ever seen.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by nicoladidsbury
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
This motorist didn't appreciate how much his parked car would spoil a good shot of the ancient river crossing from the approach to Tarr Steps (from the designated parking, and access paths)! April 07.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
Some of the slabs forming the river crossing at Tarr Steps are really huge.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
A closer view of the slabs forming Tarr Steps bridge, from the far end.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
Looking along Tarr Steps ancient river crossing from the far side. (The access road from the car park leads down to the opposite bank.)
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
Like a huge prehistoric alligator, Tarr Steps fastens its mighty jaws to the bank of the river Barle.
The lady was about 5'4", approx, for scale.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by AngieLake
The tranquil setting of the River Barle at Tarr Steps ancient river crossing. April 07.
 Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by Thorgrim
Exmoor, Somerset. SS868321. Prehistoric bridge over the river Barle near Winsford. Dating from 1000 BC, some of the stones weigh 5 tons and were said to have been placed there by the Devil to win a bet
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Re: Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, 28 November 2003 | | Tarr Steps is not a prehistoric monument, but a medieval clapper bridge | [ Reply to This ]
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by Anonymous on Friday, 28 November 2003 | | Please supply more details of your "medieval" dating |
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by Anonymous on Monday, 28 February 2005 | | it was so cool I went to the Tarr Bridge last week and it blew me away that it dated back to almost 1000 bc. | [ Reply to This ]
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by Anonymous on Thursday, 10 March 2005 | | Its rumored that the devil built it and owns the sun bathing rights on that bridge! | [ Reply to This ]
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by Anonymous on Thursday, 13 December 2007 | | I first learned about THE TARR STEPS while reading a magazine periodical called REALM an exellent publication devoted to Great Britain ancient & modern ,I was facinated mainly because my familly name is TARR, I would like any information as to how the monument obtained our familly name, I am aware that my Grand Father was born & bred in Somerset but his past is obscure ,he left the county and enlisted in the Household Cavalry (Life Guards) Blues I believe.Ifsomeone has information on how it became to be known as TARR STEPS I please pas it on thank you.COLIN P TARR LONDON ON CANADA | [ Reply to This ]
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