SDO16445 - Buddle Bridge, Lyme Regis. Results of historic building recording

Report on recording by AC archaeology in 2015 and 2018 before and during repair works to the bridge. The bridge is thought to date to the early 14th century and comprises of a single span over the River Lim. The arch incorporates four ribs, two of which were replaced in 1971. A series of post medieval repairs, mainly underpinning at the base of the arch have been identified, and 20th and 21st-century repairs documented. The scope of the repairs is outlined, and the report also discusses the local context of the bridge, which may have been built as a replacement for an earlier 12th-century bridge immediately to the east.