Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pontamman Bridge
Betws, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pontamman, Ammanford, Betws, Carmarthenshire, designated on 29 May 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1997
- Locality
- Pontamman
- Town
- Ammanford
- Community
- Betws
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79539, -3.97375
- Cadw reference
- 18468
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Forms part of NE Betws parish boundary. Replaced by recent concrete section road bridge located approx.100m upstream, as part of new A474 road-works. Links with stone arched rail-viaduct to north.
History
Disused road bridge over river Amman, originally later C18 or early C19, doubled in width with new parapets in late C19. There was a bridge at Betws described as a single arch of 13.7metres span, designed about 1775 by William Edwards, but this may have been located downstream at the present location of Betws bridge, shown in a c1847 sketch by J Harwood.
Exterior
Single arch stone bridge, of approx. 18m span, with clear longitudinal break between earlier W part and later E part. The W part has masonry in small coursed stone and unusual arch voussoirs of alternate sizes. The E side has squared rubble masonry with black-ash mortar. Arch has stone voussoirs and keystone. Parapets on both sides have large rock-faced coping stones with tooled arises.
Reason for designation
Listed as a later C18 or early C19 bridge of impressive single span. Sole surviving masonry bridge over river Amman in region, unusually constructed in two longitudinal phases.
Nearby in the register
- Old Pontammon MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- The Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The Arcade (consec nos)Commercialunder 1 mi
- The ArcadeCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.