There's some ambiguity over the age of Clam Bridge. Some sources identify it as Iron Age, while others go for a much later date. Here's a description of the bridge from the Lancashire Council web site:The Clam bridge is a single gritstone slab laid across the beck with small holes on one side showing the former position of handrail supports. The bridge is believed to be more than 1000 years old and is a scheduled Ancient Monument. On may 19th 1989 there was a cloud burst on Haworth Moor and Boulsworth Hill above Wycoller and in the resulting flash flood the stone slab was swept from its foundations and cracked in two. The bridge was repaired and put back into position, only to be swept away and broken again in a further flood in August 1990. It was restored and replaced in June 1991.
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Posted by Kammer
24th February 2005ce
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