What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
The bridge was constructed to carry the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which operated from 1853 to 1964, connecting Somerset and Dorset through a key rural transport route. It is important as a remnant of the railway's role in 19th- and early 20th-century trade and travel in southwest England.
Places near here
Ashington CuttingWood · 414 yd
Corfe Mullen, milestoneMonument or public art · 1207 yd
Merley Hall FarmhouseListed building · 1221 yd
Merley HouseListed building · 1294 yd
Pardy's CopseWood · 1696 yd
Otter Sculpture, CowgrovePublic sculpture · 1757 yd
Eye bridgeHeritage attraction · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
Old Milestone by the A31, north west of SleightMonument or public art · 1.3 mi
Atkins CrossVisitor information · 1.5 mi
Naked CrossVisitor information · 2.1 mi
Pergins IslandIsland · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: David Spencer · CC BY-SA 2.0