Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ivy Bridge (partly in Talsarnau community)
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 30 November 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1966
- Locality
- Maentwrog
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93529, -4.00371
- Cadw reference
- 4793
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Prysor, c. 1.5km to S and W of Maentwrog and 150m SE of Pont Felinrhyd-fawr. Spans the boundary between Maentwrog and Talsarnau.
History
C18 or earlier bridge that carried the original packhorse route between Harlech and Maentwrog.
Exterior
Narrow bridge of roughly coursed rubble masonry. A wide segmental arch of rough stone voussoirs; no parapet.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual survivor of an early packhorse bridge, notable for the length of its span, and the narrowness of its width.
Nearby in the register
- Ivy Bridge (that part in Talsarnau Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont Felinrhyd-fawr (partly in Talsarnau community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont Felinrhyd-fawr (that part in Talsarnau Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Haybarn (E) at Felinrhyd-fawrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.