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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

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A bridge made of large slabs of stone, some built up to make rough piers and other longer ones laid on top to make the roadway.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - clapper%20bridge

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In rocky regions stone was used for bridges. Piles of stone were placed at short intervals across the river, providing the bridge piers, and then a path from bank to bank was made by laying flat stone slabs across adjacent piers. A few stone bridges of this type, called clapper bridges, can still be seen in Dartmoor, England; however, they date only from the Middle Ages or even later.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - clapper%20bridge

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

"Clam" and "clapper" are Anglo-Saxon words denoting, respectively, timber and stepping-stones.  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - clapper%20bridge

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

May also be made of wood; see "clam bridge."  6, fiche 1, Anglais, - clapper%20bridge

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