Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont y Porthmyn
Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Rhyd-y-Fen, Llanycil, Gwynedd, designated on 22 October 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 October 2001
- Locality
- Pont Rhyd-y-Fen
- Community
- Llanycil
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94235, -3.78206
- Cadw reference
- 25809
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
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning a stream some 30m N of the road, and some 50m E of Pont Tai Hirion.
History
Vernacular regional bridge perhaps medieval; formerly carrying a track or road now lost but apparently formerly leading to Ysbyty Ifan where the Knights Hospitallers had a commandary. Edward Lhuyd mentions the bridge in the 1690s as 'Pont Rhyd y Porthnyn.' The name links the bridge with cattle droving.
Exterior
Single-span vernacular bridge with rough-dressed voussoirs to a depressed pointed arch. There are no parapets (and probably never were).
Reason for designation
Listed as a possibly C17 regional bridge retaining original character, a rare survivor of an early vernacular bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Tai-Hirion Old BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Pont Rhyd-y-FenTransport1 mi
- Hut group SSW of Cefngarw, YsbytyHut Circle Settlement1 mi
- Viaduct over Nant y LladronTransport2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.