clapper bridge

British

noun

a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones

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A tiny medieval-style stone clapper bridge.

From Washington Post

A clapper bridge—that is, a bridge formed out of a single slab of granite—over twelve feet long lies across the Wallabrook near the meeting of the streams.

From Project Gutenberg

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