Pill Bridge

Pill Bridge
Coordinates51°00′28″N 2°42′50″W / 51.0077°N 2.7140°W / 51.0077; -2.7140
Carriespedestrian
CrossesRiver Yeo
LocaleBetween Ilchester and Long Sutton, Somerset, England
Heritage statusScheduled monument
Characteristics
DesignArch bridge
Location
Map

Pill Bridge is a stone arch bridge over the River Yeo between the parishes of Ilchester and Long Sutton, in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument.[1][2]

The current 17th century packhorse bridge replaced an earlier 13th-century bridge at the same site.[2]

It was the unloading point for goods destined for Ilchester, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream, until the conception of the Ivelchester and Langport Navigation. A warehouse at the site was used from 1699 until 1805.[2][3]

The bridge consists of three semi-circular arches. It is 48 inches (1,200 mm) wide and has a total span of 54 feet (16 m).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pill Bridge, Long Sutton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Pill Bridge". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ Baggs, A.P.; Bush, R.J.E; Tomlinson, Margaret. "Parishes: Ilchester". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ Hinchliffe, Ernest (1994). Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England. Cicerone. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1852841430.