Pont-y-Ddwyryd

Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Penrallt, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Pont-y-Ddwyryd, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, 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: Transport
Date of designation: 28 July 1989
Locality: Penrallt
Community: Pwllheli
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.89516, -4.42519
Cadw reference: 4596

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

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)
1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the by-road NW out of Pwllheli towards Llannor.

History

Probably later C18 causeway type bridge

Exterior

Rrubble construction. One segmental arch with voussoirs and slightly tamped buttresses to either end. Approximately 0.5m high parapets with flat coping run in either direction; slowly peters out to NW and to SE curves around the corner.

Reason for designation

One of a group of C18 causeway bridges in this area.

Nearby in the register

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

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