Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Penmaen
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88748, -4.43856
- Cadw reference
- 4599
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 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the main road from Pwllheli to Nefyn.
History
Probably later C18 causeway type bridge
Exterior
Rubble construction. One segmental arch with set back ring of voussoirs; shallow ramped buttresses. Irregular flat coping to parapets. To NW on downstream side the parapet continues as far as the gate into the field; the listing continues a similar distance on the upstream side. To SE on upstream side the parapet is continued as far as the gate pier at the gated entrance to a public footpath; similarly the listing continues an equal distance on the downstream side.
Reason for designation
One of a group of C18 causeway bridges in this area.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Pensarn (partly in Pwllheli Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont PensarnTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-Garreg FachanTransportunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon Felin BachCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.