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This walk crosses the River Avon several times and, indeed, the river
provided the main cause for the building of the Causeway that this walk
celebrates. |
| Maud Heath is celebrated in an inscription on the side of this sundial,
which stands alongside one of the Avon bridges (where the Causeway meets
the river). The inscription reads "to the memory
of the worthy Maud Heath of Langley Burrell, widow, who in the year of grace
1474 for the good of travellers did in charity bestow in land and houses
about £8 a year forever to be laid out on the highways and causeway
leading from Wick Hill to Chippenham Cliff" |
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This towering monument looks out across a stunning view of the plain where
the Causeway used to provide the only reliable all-season route. Maud, atop
her monument, has her shopping basket beside her. |
