Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1905 — Bridge of the Evil Man. [ARTICLE]

Bridge of the Evil Man.

Near Aberystwith, on the west coast of Wales, where the Monk river flows through a black, yawning abyss, there Is a single arch bridge of unknown antiquity. The popular legend says that it was built by the devil, and far and near it is known ns “the Bridge of Devils” or “the Bridge of the Evil Man." British antiquarians are united in the belief that it was built by the early monks, but that fact does net affect the popular legend in the least, “Old Harry’s” part in its erection being never questioned by the inhabitants of Cardiganshire. Grose says that “the bridge is an honor to the hand that built it, whether .that hand be Satan’s or that of some monk.”