Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cae Newydd Railway Bridge
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Kidwelly/Cydweli, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, designated on 28 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1998
- Locality
- Kidwelly/Cydweli
- Town
- Kidwelly
- Community
- Kidwelly
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72924, -4.30814
- Cadw reference
- 20194
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 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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 200m off main road (A 484), approached by footpath past Cae Newydd Farm some 100m NE of Kidwelly Bridge. Bridge is some 800m SE of Kidwelly station.
History
Road bridge over railway, carrying a farm track from Cae Newydd over Swansea-Carmarthen line. Probably built c1840 for Brunel's South Wales Railway.
Exterior
Rubble stone single arched bridge with broad elliptical arch of cut stone flush voussoirs. Rubble stone parapet with broad band stepped out from string course below. Cut-stone coping and raised end piers. Raking retaining walls each side along rail track.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good surviving example of a Brunel railway bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Kidwelly Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Wall along S side of churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Morfa HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.