Maud Heaths Causeway
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Maud Heath's Causeway | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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From: | East Tytherton | ||
To: | Langley Burrell | ||
Location | |||
Kellaways | |||
County | |||
Wiltshire | |||
Highway Authority | |||
Wiltshire | |||
Opening Date | |||
1474 | |||
On road(s) | |||
• unclassified | |||
Maud Heath's Causeway stretches for 4.5 miles and includes a stone structure of 60 arches spanning the River Avon and its flood plain in Wiltshire to the north east of Chippenham. It was constructed with a bequest from Maud Heath's will in 1474, to relieve those who would in the future make the journey that she had made herself 2 or 3 times a week for most of her life - to the market at Chippenham.
The raised, arch section lies next to the modern road and carries the path about 6 feet higher than the roadway to allow for the flooding that was common in the middle ages. Indeed, the road still does flood on occasion, leaving cars stranded.
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