Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bont Newydd
Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gors Farm, Llanelli, Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, designated on 5 February 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 5 February 1999
- Locality
- Gors Farm
- Town
- Llanelli
- Community
- Gorslas
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.82689, -4.11471
- Cadw reference
- 21302
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
Carrying a minor road over a right tributary of the Gwendraeth Fach, 400m north of Gors farmhouse, one of two bridges near the entrance to Aberdauddwr.
History
A small bridge on a non-turnpike road, typical of many minor County bridges of the period c.1800.
Exterior
Picturesquely sited across a bend in the river Gwendraeth Fach in a narrow valley, Bont Newydd is a single-arch segmental bridge of about 5m span in limestone, without an emphasised keystone. Thin course slightly corbelled at parapet-base level.
The carriageway is about 3.6m wide between parapets. The parapets in random rubble, with original copings of large limestone blocks surviving on one side. The upstream parapet extends for about 10m, the downstream parapet for about 15m.
The outer (right) bank of the river bend both upstream and downstream from the bridge is protected from scouring by revetment in large limestone blocks for about 20m. Immediately below the bridge is a shallow over a rock ledge, probably the remains of a ford predating it.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unspoilt picturesque vernacular bridge of c.1800.
Nearby in the register
- Ring Cairn 120m NE of Heol DduRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Agricultural Range known as 'the Barn' at Heol-dduAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Heol-ddu farmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walled Garden at Heol-dduDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.