Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Careg Fawr (Arch)
Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Locality
- Llanfachreth
- Community
- Brithdir and Llanfachreth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.78200, -3.83950
- Cadw reference
- 16024
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
Spanning an unclassified road leading S from Llanfachreth village towards the A 494; approximately 2km from Llanfachreth village.
History
Monolithic vernacular arch built c.1820 by Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau, Bart. as an estate feature, apparently to relieve unemployment.
Exterior
Large rubble-built arch with irregular, flat slate-stone lintel (apparently carried from Harlech). Sloped buttressing to all save the inner sides of the supporting piers with plain string courses in 3 tiers, returned around the sides. Rubble finial to NW side, its complementary one missing.
Reason for designation
An unusual and eccentric early C19 folly in a commanding position. One of a series of picturesque Nannau estate structures.
Nearby in the register
- Ty'n-y-LlwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn BlewDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Cae'r MarchAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cae'r MarchDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.