Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 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 as “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 not affect the popular legend In the least, “Old Harry’s” part in its erection being never questioned by the inhabitants of Cardinganshire. Grose says that “the bridge is an honor to the hand that built it, whether that hand be Satan’s •r that of some monk.”