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Main image: Photo: Guy Wareham, Wikimedia Commons. The stone bridge over the East Okement River near Oke Tor, with moorland rising behind.
Oke Tor Bridge is a stone arch bridge over the East Okement River on the access track to the Oke Tor lookout, built for the Okehampton Artillery Range. The 2002 range appraisal describes it as natural stone forming an arch over the stream, with a surface of rubble and fine material, a clear span of 4.1 m and a width of 4.3 m, and gives its position as SX 607 897.
Most stream crossings on the range roads are fords, so a bridge like this is unusual. Deep Ford, a ford on the same river, lies a short way to the south, and the range warden's shelter stands on the summit of Oke Tor above. The range roads were laid out under a roadworks drawing dated 12 April 1949. Ranges are close by, so check the firing times before you go.
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