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Hengoed Viaduct (partly in Maesycwmmer Community)

Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales

A Grade II* listed building in Hengoed, Gelligaer, Caerphilly, designated on 31 July 1980.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Hengoed Viaduct (partly in Maesycwmmer Community), Gelligaer, Caerphilly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II*
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
31 July 1980
Locality
Hengoed
Community
Gelligaer
Unitary authority
Caerphilly
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.64684, -3.22379
Cadw reference
13566

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

A prominent landscape feature spanning the Rhymney Valley between Maesycwmmer and Hengoed.

Exterior

See Record Number 22325 in Maesycwmmer Community for full description of this viaduct.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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