Side by side, a photo from Devon, England

Photographer's Note

I have posted a picture from here before, but decided to share a slightly different view with you.

Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor.
Situated next to the East Dart river, one of the two main tributaries of the River Dart.

Postbridge is best known for its fine example of an ancient clapper bridge over the river.
The bridge is believed to have been built in the 13th century to enable pack horses to cross the river, carrying tin to the stannary town of Tavistock.

It is a Grade II listed structure standing alongside another bridge, a Grade II listed structure built in the 1780's.

The clapper bridge has 2 central piers spanned by three large granite slabs, or clappers.
The total span is over 42 feet.

The large stone slabs are locally called posts, and this is how the village of Postbridge got its' name.

One more view in the W/S.

Thanks for looking.

ikeharel, ikeharel, worldcitizen, Fis2, alvaraalto, alvaraalto, PaulVDV, papagolf21, holmertz, sacimar, paura, Royaldevon, macjake, clic, COSTANTINO, cornejo has marked this note useful

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Tue (71944) 2019-09-24 8:51

Hello Jean,
A great photo of those two bridges next to each other. They both look fantastic, an ancient and an old one. It was such a lovely day as well with fine sunlight and appealing colours.
Lars

ikeharel (98846) 2019-09-24 9:18

Beautiful old and older bridges, and superbly shown from the chosen POV, Jean.
Good colors combination under the bright daylight.
my best regards,
ike

worldcitizen (12760) 2019-09-24 10:16

Hello Jean,
It's amazing that the "newer" bridge was built in the 1780's. There are no bridges from before the 19th century here in NYC. The older bridge is even more fascinating, making me imagine what life was like when people and animals were crossing so many centuries ago. These are two fine examples of bridges from the past.

Fis2 (142723) 2019-09-24 10:49

Witaj Jean!
Wow! Beautiful stone bridges, I love it.
Curious place, view makes impression.
Good framing, colors and light.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

alvaraalto (38694) 2019-09-24 14:07

Hello Jean,
Very interesting to see these two old bridges next to each other.
We can clearly see how the construction of bridges has been evaluated in 500 years.
It would be even better if a third, contemporary bridge would be built next to it.
2 beautiful pictures.
Have a nice day. Groet Rob

Gerrit (56657) 2019-09-24 14:09

Hello Jean,
curious but beautiful image with two bridges, on old one and a realy priimitive one.
Thanks and regards,
Gerrit

PaulVDV (49024) 2019-09-24 16:51

Hello Jean,
The two cyclists on the left seem to doubt which bridge they would take.
I would nevertheless choose the one built in 1780 to cross the river.
Splendid presentation!
Best regards, Paul

Nicou (188510) 2019-09-24 20:20

Hello

Quel ancien pont et vue quelle image fantastique vue ces pierre posée les unes sur les autres ces anciennes pierres quel effet et captage et cette végétation ces fougères le rendu sur le lan d'eau il est charmant ce pont petit pont de pierre bravo et amitié

belle journée
Nicou

ChrisJ (152452) 2019-09-24 21:16

Hello Jean,

The 2 old stone bridges are very different in style. Good sharpness and the cyclists at right seem to have chosen the more difficult bridge to cross. The new car contrasts well with the centuries old bridges. Tfs!

papagolf21 (145146) 2019-09-24 23:29

Bonjour, cher Jean,
Ma passion pour l'architecture de tout type, est comblée à travers vos deux compositions. La note d'accompagnement est parfaite pour mieux apprécier le sujet.
Étonnant !
Amitiés.
Philippe

holmertz (83366) 2019-09-25 0:29

Hello Jean,
I see you come here regularly, so you must enjoy this place. And others do too. ;-) It's fully understandable. The area around these two ancient bridges offers beautiful views and good photo opportunities, not least on a nice and sunny day like this. It's marvellous that both bridges are still standing. Do the locals use the clapper bridge regularly, or is it just like a monument?
Best regards,
Gert

abmdsudi (81622) 2019-09-25 2:49

Hi Jean
Great title and a pretty picture on a bright day, probably at the much photographed historic location. Looks photogenic rural venue in which to capture such great image as this. The couple is well included for scale. Excellent capture.
Best regards

sacimar (36907) 2019-09-26 5:53

Hello Jean,

interesting image of these two bridges, I like the idea of showing both of them, I would prefer to use the most modern... well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

Miguel82 (35928) 2019-09-26 12:55

Jean, two bridges are crossing that river. The oldest and the most rudimentary consists in carved pieces of stone supported by two posts. That construction is a heritage of past periods in the area. The other bridge in the background looks more recent.

paura (25796) 2019-09-27 4:47

Jean,
Fantástica imagem apresentando essas pontes de características históricas únicas. Difícl de dizer qual das duas é mais interessante. A primeira, do século 13, consegue ser ainda mais fantástica.

Obrigado por compartilhar

Paulo

Royaldevon (64374) 2019-09-27 5:26

Hello Jean,

Have you been to Wycoller?
Wycoller reminds me of this view that you have, with clapper bridge and packhorse bridge in close proximity.
I like how you have combined the two, in the same shot. diverging from the left.
Lovely details of the rock supports.
The inclusion of the cyclists is useful to animate the scene as well as show the scale.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

macjake (92631) 2019-09-28 17:14

Hi Jean
so funny to hear you say the Newer bridge, and it was built in 1780...my goodness. and it has the perfect name too, Clapper Bridge. wow, built in the 13th century, how is it still standing today? love this post of history. fine examples you share here. cheers
Craig

mkamionka (53824) 2019-09-30 2:15

Hi Jean,
very interesting construction.
The idea behind it is quite simple but execution was certainly not easy: how to balance perfectly such huge rocks.
I am very impressed that it survived so many centuries.
Very interesting presentation,
M

jemaflor (125765) 2019-10-01 23:50

Hi Jean,
Original this view with two bridges, pleasant light well captured for a nice presentation, perfect sharpness, tfs.

clic (22826) 2019-10-06 11:06

Hello Jean This is a very judicious angle to capture these two 'retired' bridges having lot of time to chat about their past useful activities! I see the perfect setup for a shooting of an historic film featuring knights in shining armour! Admirable picture depiction. Cheers

COSTANTINO (93471) 2019-10-11 9:34

Hello dear friend and have a nice weekend
a great photo of these two bridges
thanks for your useful notes that postbridge
is best known for its fine example of an
ancient clapper bridge over the river
original version indeed
regards
Costantino

cornejo (61220) 2019-10-22 4:20

Hi Jean, good photography of these interesting bridges, very well captured in this beautiful image with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Great and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing.

Good afternoon and happy week.
Warm regards from southern Spain.
Angel.