Pill Bridge

Pill Bridge
Coordinates 51°00′28″N 2°42′50″W / 51.0077°N 2.7140°W / 51.0077; -2.7140Coordinates: 51°00′28″N 2°42′50″W / 51.0077°N 2.7140°W / 51.0077; -2.7140
Carries pedestrian
Crosses River Yeo
Locale Between Ilchester and Long Sutton, Somerset, England
Heritage status Scheduled monument
Characteristics
Design Arch bridge

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]

References

  1. "Pill Bridge, Long Sutton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.
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