Pont de Senoueix

The Senoueix bridge is a small arch of stones, which are the remains of a bridge. It is also sometimes known under the name: "the Roman bridge", but ist Roman origin is doubtful. It was probably built in the 16th or 17th century. A bridge might have been built during the Roman era but the bridge that can be seen now is much more recent.

The bridge is located on the Gentioux-Pigerolles communal territory, five kilometers north, on the road to Saint-Marc-à-Loubaud. The bridge crosses the Taurion river. It belongs to the "Plateau de Millevaches" region, in the south of Creuse.

Architecture

Only one arch remains; the cause of the destruction of the rest of the bridge have not been determined.

The Senoueix Bridge is highly likely to have been built on a curve, based on the surfacing rock. It is 0.6 meters wide, 1.70 meters high and 3.4 meters long.

Economy

In the past centuries, local peasants used to cross the Taurion using the Senoueix bridge in order to reach one of the water mills built along the river.

A new and wider road was built and then paved in the 20th century, with a bigger and stronger bridge crossing the Thaurion, only 50 meters from the previous bridge. The water mills have been partly destroyed, and are now considered as romantic remains of the past.

The partial destruction of the bridge has not been dated, but probably happened prior to the 20th century.

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