Digital Art: Newbridge or New Bridge, River Dart, Dartmoor, England

            Digital Art Weekend: Newbridge or New Bridge, River Dart, Dartmoor, England.

Newbridge, or Holne New Bridge as it’s sometimes called, is thought to date from the fifteenth century, possibly built in 1413. And as the name suggests, to be a ‘new‘ bridge means it had to replace an ‘old‘ bridge which was apparently destroyed sometime previously. Two kilometres downstream of this bridge sits its sibling – ‘Holne Old Bridge’ – which is thought to have been built at roughly the same time. It seems that throughout time the bridge has suffered damage of one sort or another. In 1645 Sir Thomas Hare and some fellow judges surveyed the bridge and recorded that they had: “viewed the decayes of the Bridge called Holne New Bridge and ordered the sum of £13 to be raised for necessary repairs,”. Since then there are various visible signs of repairs that have taken place down through the ages. 

Newbridge consists of one small arch and two semi-circular arches and is built from granite blocks. There are triangular cutwaters sited both on the up and down stream sides. Their purpose was to reduce the effect of the current as well as providing a safe refuge for foot passengers who met oncoming traffic whilst on the narrow bridge. On the 9th of February 1961 bridge became a grade II listed structure. The road width of the bridge is a mere 3.04 metres which would have been alright back in the days of horsepower but in more recent times has proved a severe problem.

Over the past 100 years or so the popularity of coach tours and day trips around Dartmoor has grown along with the size of vehicles carrying the passengers. Couple this with the ever-growing numbers of car, caravan and motor-home owners using the bridge and there is a problem. In  September of 1967 the Beatles were filming their ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ film, part of which was on Dartmoor. Unfortunately, the ‘magical tour’ became somewhat of a mystery when the bus got firmly wedged on the bridge!

Taken in: UK / England / South Hams District / Holne (show map)

Taken on: December 30, 2021

Tags:

River Dart

Dartmoor

England

Newbridge

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