Tarr Steps

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 19, 2025 01:50 PM — History

Tarr Steps is a prehistoric bridge over the River Barle in England. The current phase dates to the Medieval period, although the original phase of the bridge is dated ca. 1000 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913465647

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.0771786, -3.6177347

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tarr Steps (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
bridge

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See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Tarr Steps

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Tarr Steps: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913465647> [accessed: 08 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913465647 |title=Places: 913465647 (Tarr Steps) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 8, 2026 3:11 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}