Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Lluest-Wen
Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 10 January 1991
- Locality
- Lluest-Wen
- Community
- Aberdare West
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70214, -3.51141
- Cadw reference
- 10873
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Nearly 1km SE of Lluest-Wen Reservoir; reached approximately 3km along a gated track from B4277 at Bryn Du. Spanning the Afon Rhondda Fach on the Western boundary of Aberdare Community area.
History
Early to mid C19 single arched, single track bridge on the site of an older bridge (shown on 1770's map). Said to be the oldest bridge in the Rhondda.
Exterior
Snecked rubble construction with rugged coping of verticaly laid stones. Segmental arch, parapets curve outwards at each corner. Stone setts to ramped roadway
Nearby in the register
- Rhondda Fach CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Castell NosMotteunder 1 mi
- Garn BicaRound Cairn1 mi
- Tarren y Bwlch round cairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.