Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Canal Bridge (No.43)
Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Locality
- Llandyn
- Community
- Llangollen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.97511, -3.14652
- Cadw reference
- 1252
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately to W of Llandyn Cottage carrying the road up to Llandyn Hall.
History
The 6-mile long canal reached Llangollen in 1808 having been proposed as early as 1791 as a branch of the canal that was intended to link the Rivers Mersey and Dee with the Severn. The purpose of the Llangollen branch was primarily that of a feeder to supply the main Ellesmere works. Work was begun in 1804 under the direction of Thomas Telford. In 1846 it became past of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company but the following year was taken over by the LNWR. Transport on the canal diminished in the later C19 with the arrival of the railways and then ceased by the 2nd World War. The canal was only kept open because of its importance as a supplier of water.
Exterior
Single span rubble of characteristic Telford design. Voussoirs and keystone to the semicircular arch and droved stringcourse and coping to the top. Pyramidical caps to advanced end piers. Battered walls to either side but no walls ramping downwards to towpath. Towpath tuns alongside the S bank.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at Llandyn HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- WenffrwdDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castell Dinas BranCastleunder 1 mi
- Croes-y-BeddauReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.