Clapper Bridge of Granite Slabs across a Moor Stream
Architecture jigsaw puzzle
Mediumabout 20 min at 104 piecesabout 7 min at 50 pieces
Fastest times
10450 pieces · Solo finishes
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About the Clapper Bridge of Granite Slabs across a Moor Stream jigsaw puzzle
A clapper bridge is about as simple as a bridge can get. Long granite slabs rest on piers of stacked stone, held in place by nothing but their own weight, which can run to several tons a slab. The design never changed much, so the old ones are hard to date, though some on the moors of southwest England are thought to be medieval. This one crosses a peaty brown stream on open moorland, with bracken turning rust on the slopes and a rocky hilltop above. It makes a clapper bridge jigsaw puzzle of lichen-spotted stone and fall color.