Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Felin-Wern-Dew
Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 April 1992
- Community
- Newport
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.01126, -4.87785
- Cadw reference
- 12527
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
Situated on boundary of Newport and Dinas communities, over Nant Fforest, and immediately S of modern A487 embankment.
Exterior
1829 road bridge in rubble stone with semi-circular arch, cut stone voussoirs, plinth and flat parapets with rounded coping. N parapet now immediately adjoins modern embankment and is partly destroyed.
Over bridge arch is plaque '1829 D Evans', possibly relating to David Evans, architect of Fishguard and Cardigan.
Reason for designation
A well built example of small road bridge of the early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Felinwerndew (partly in Newport Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- GlanymorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gedeon Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The CrossDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.