Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Gorswen
Caerhun, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Gorswen, Caerhun, Conwy, designated on 13 October 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 13 October 1966
- Locality
- Pont Gorswen
- Community
- Caerhun
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22444, -3.85571
- Cadw reference
- 3169
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 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Roe and carrying an unclassified lane leading NW from Pontwgan to Roewen.
Exterior
3-span clapper bridge, probably C17 or C18. Boulder-built with natural lintel slabs resting on dry-built piers; parapet to W with on-end boulder capping. The bridge has been widened in recent years.
Reason for designation
An early vernacular clapper bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Pont y DdolTransportunder 1 mi
- Bwthyn RhydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- FronfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- BodafonDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.