Site of Undated Ford 200m SE of Church
Description of this historic site
The site of a ford of uncertain date but the spot is marked as 'Stepping Stones' on the Ordnance Survey map of 1906. Traces of the track leading down to the ford are still visible on both sides of the river. It was situated 200m south east of the church, Wappenbury.
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Notes about this historic site
1 ‘Stepping stones’ marked.
2 Also recorded with three stones drawn on a sketch map of Wappenbury dated 1830.
3 No stones now visible, though there may be when the water level drops, but a break in the steady flow of the river marks the spot and there are traces of trackways on both banks of the stream.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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