Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tunnel beneath Bangor Road at Plas Ty Coch
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ty Coch, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 3 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 3 May 2002
- Locality
- Ty Coch
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.15458, -4.25893
- Cadw reference
- 26627
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of the house.
Exterior
Dated 1807 and providing access from the house to farm buildings. A rubble stone wall has segmental brick arches to the vaulted tunnel. Above the arch is a thin freestone band, upon which is an octagonal stone tablet with 1807 in raised numerals. The approach on the N side from the house has rubble-stone revetments.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the house.
Nearby in the register
- Plas Ty CochDomesticunder 1 mi
- BroncerisDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae SynamonDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Anchorage (also known as Ynys Tudur)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.