Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Dol-rhiw-felen
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Vale of Ffestiniog, Maentwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 30 November 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1966
- Locality
- Vale of Ffestiniog
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95521, -3.95842
- Cadw reference
- 4839
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 a tributary of the Afon Teigl, carrying the narrow country road that runs along the N side of the Vale of Ffestiniog between the A487(T) and the B4391; c.2kms ENE of Maentwrog.
History
C18 or earlier
Exterior
Narrow road bridge of mortared rubble masonry. A single, slightly pointed arch. Low parapet walling with stone slab copings. The roadway is just 3m wide.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved and little altered C18 bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Dol-Rhiw-FelenTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont Dol-y-Moch (partly in Maentwrog)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont Dol-y-MochBridgeunder 1 mi
- Pont Dol-y-Moch (partly in Ffestiniog)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.