The East Dart River is one of the two main tributaries of the River Dart in Devon, England.
East Dart | |
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The clapper bridge crossing of the East Dart, at Postbridge | |
Location | |
Country | England |
County | Devon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Kit Rock, Whinney's Down |
• elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
Mouth | Dartmeet |
• coordinates | 50°32′34″N 3°52′32″W / 50.5428°N 3.8756°W |
• elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
Length | 16.3 km (10.1 mi) |
Its source is to the west of Whitehorse Hill and slightly south of Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor. It flows south and then south-west for around 9 km to reach the village of Postbridge where it is spanned by a well-known clapper bridge.
Just above Postbridge the river drops around 2 metres in a short distance and the point is referred to as "Waterfall".
It continues south past Bellever to Dartmeet where it joins the West Dart.[1]
References
edit- ^ Okehampton and North Dartmoor (Landranger Map 191) (D ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22864-7