Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Drefechan (partly in Llanrhaeadr-yng-nghinmerch community)
Llanynys, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 August 1999
- Locality
- Llanynys
- Community
- Llanynys
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.15956, -3.35509
- Cadw reference
- 22143
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the river Clywedog at the NE boundary of the community some 100m E of the former railway track.
History
Late C18 or early C19 regional road bridge.
Exterior
Single-span road bridge of local limestone rubble construction. Segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs recessed below arch-rings of narrow stones. Gently-humped carriageway with rubble parapets and limestone copings. At the eastern end the bridge's parapets curve around to the up-river side following the road for approximately 6m before terminating. On the W side the up-river parapet continues as a straight section of rubble wall for a similar distance; that to the down-river side curves around, similarly following the road for some 10m, before roughly terminating.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a late C18 or early C19 regional road bridge, one of a number of similar bridges in the locality which form a particularly fine series.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Drefechan (partly in Llanynys community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Hen VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Clwyd (partly in Llandyrnog community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont ClwydTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.