Monument record MDO5200 - Causeway over River Cale, West Stour

A causeway at ST 75812150, which connects with the bridge mentioned above, carries the road over the flood plain of the Cale and is probably of 18th century origin. The structure is of rubble, squared rubble and ashlar and comprises five arches of roughly two-centred form; the arches are now linked by early 19th century walls. <2>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 202421 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 117 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(2) CAUSEWAY (75812150), at the W. end of the parish and nearly 2 m. S.W. of (1) carrying the road from Shaftesbury to Sherborne across the flood plain of the River Cale (SEE ALSO KINGTON MAGNA 928)), is probably of late eighteenth century origin. The structure is of rubble, squared rubble and ashlar, and comprises five arches of roughly two centred form. The arches are now linked by walls, but originally were separate from one another, witness vertical joints in the masonry at the abutments of each arch. The connecting walls are of the early nineteenth century, the parapets are later.'

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Feb 12 2022 8:21AM