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Holt, Wiltshire KAC63.56 |
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KandAC mile 63
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South face of the Biss Aqueduct.
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Biss aqueduct carries the canal over the River Biss flowing from
Trowbridge to the south, towards the River Avon to the north.
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The aqueduct is built of Bath stone, ashlar stonework. The arch has
large stone voussoirs and is outlined by a moulded string course. The
aqueduct is repaired in yellow brick. It is 63 miles 56 chains from
Reading.
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The aqueduct was first built, 1798, using poor stone which had got in
a bad state by 1803 - before the canal was completed. It was rebuilt
with better stone from a Bathampton quarry.
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depth of water |
4ft6ins |
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From the canal you hardly realise that there is an aqueduct; that's
why you see boaters reading canal maps, it's not that there are many
turnings to get you lost, without the map you don't see what you are
seeing.
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The River Biss flowing northwards to join the River Avon; from the
towpath above the aqueduct.
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Biss Aqueduct, south face.
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The aqueduct from the fields to the south.
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The canal here is on a 30ft high embankment.
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Quarter of a mile south is Ladydown Mill, on the Biss.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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