Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clapper Bridge
St. Bride's Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1999
- Locality
- Castle-upon-Alun
- Community
- St. Bride's Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46423, -3.57058
- Cadw reference
- 21768
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located to the E of a narrow lane which leads from Castle-upon-Alun towards Ewenny. The bridge carries a footpath over the River Alun at a point where it is wide.
History
Said to be C18.
Exterior
Low, rubble stone clapper bridge, with slightly ramped deck c 1m wide. Five small openings are visible for the passage of water, each with flat heads.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual and well preserved example of a C18 bridge using an ancient form of construction.
Nearby in the register
- Cart shed at Castle-upon-Alun HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Castle-upon-Alun House including attached stone walls enclosing garden, and outbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Blackhall FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.