Finally getting around to showing you the other bridges of Wycoller (see previous entry).
This is the Clapper Bridge. Made up of two large slabs of stone supported on a central and one other pier and thought to be an early example of this type of bridge. I had an unexplainable urge that day to sit down in the middle of bridges, blocking traffic...
The third bridge, which is the easiest to reach, being right at the edge of the village, is a 13th century packhorse bridge. There are many of these dotted about the country - built when goods were transported on donkeys, mules, and asses and just wide enough to allow this form of transport to pass.
It's Fran blocking traffic on this one, but you can also see from this photo how much the stone surface of the bridge has been worn by countless generations of iron shod hooves and clogs. Wycoller has something else to show us yet, but that is for another entry...
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