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Pont Pennant

Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pennant, Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, designated on 23 May 1996.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Pont Pennant, Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, 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
23 May 1996
Locality
Pennant
Community
Dyffryn Arth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.24571, -4.17947
Cadw reference
17500

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1848 · 57. Tregaron, SW Quad. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Situated just S of Capel Pennant, across river Arth.

History: 1850 road bridge over the Arth, by R.K. Penson, with the same distinctive character as the bridges designed by his father Thomas Penson at Aberarth and Dyffryn Arth, 1849 and 1847.

Description: Coursed rubble stone bridge of single span. Broad low elliptical arch with rectangular voussoirs with raised band above. Rubble stone flat parapet with edge-on stone coping.

Included for its high quality design and for group value with Capel Pennant.

Reference: Carmarthen Journal 1/3/1850
Pembrokeshire Herald 11/1/1850
National Library of Wales Cardigan Quarter Sessions 1839-52

Nearby in the register

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

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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