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Rilla Mill () is a small settlement in
Rilla Mill () is a small settlement in Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
, England, part of the civil parish of Linkinhorne
Linkinhorne () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village itself is situated at and is approximately northwest of Callington, Cornwall, Callington and south of Launce ...
, some miles to the west of Linkinhorne village.
The New Bridge over the River Lynher
The River Lynher () (or St Germans River downstream from its confluence with the Tiddy) flows through east Cornwall, England, and enters the River Tamar at the Hamoaze, which in turn flows into Plymouth Sound.
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The normal tidal l ...
at Rilla Mill replaced a medieval clapper bridge
A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of the English West Country (Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, L ...
, which was demolished in the 1890s to make way for it.Charles Henderson, Henry Coates, ''Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'' (University College of the South West, 1928), pp. 12, 62
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