Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Eglwyseg Bridge
Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 April 1998
- Locality
- Eglwyseg
- Town
- Llangollen
- Community
- Llantysilio
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.00744, -3.16968
- Cadw reference
- 19696
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
Located at the centre of the hamlet of Eglwyseg, carrying the minor road to Llangollen over the River Eglwyseg.
History
Probably C18 or early C19 in origin, replacing a ford.
Exterior
Built of local carboniferous limestone. A hump-back bridge formed by a semicircular arched tunnel faced by rough voussoirs, and a rough block coping terminating in a large boulder at the SE side. The parapet and spandrels are splayed on plan and descend to die away into the ground.
Reason for designation
Included as an unaltered traditional country bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Plas yn EglwysegDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln above Bryn-goleuIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Old Farmhouse at Ty-brithDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tan-y-graigDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.