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Pont Syr Dafydd (partly in Blackwood and Argoed Communities)

Penmaen, Caerphilly, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Rock, Blackwood, Penmaen, Caerphilly, designated on 23 March 1999.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Pont Syr Dafydd (partly in Blackwood and Argoed Communities), Penmaen, Caerphilly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Communications
Date of designation
23 March 1999
Locality
Rock
Town
Blackwood
Community
Penmaen
Unitary authority
Caerphilly
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.67948, -3.18609
Cadw reference
25235

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

At the foot of Rhiw Syr Dafydd Hill, an exceptionally steep road crossing the Sirhowy valley, and SE of the PH at Rock on the Newport Road.

See Record Number 18724 in Penmaen Community for full description of this bridge.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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