Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Conwy (Bont Newydd (partly in the Bro Garmon Community)
Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bont Newydd / Conwy Valley, Bro Machno, Conwy, designated on 23 June 1967.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 23 June 1967
- Locality
- Bont Newydd / Conwy Valley
- Community
- Bro Machno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.06466, -3.77642
- Cadw reference
- 5857
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Carries B4406 over gorge of Afon Conwy on single high arch.
History
Datable to c1826 when present section of road was built to connect old Penmachno road with Telford's Holyhead Road.
Exterior
Road bridge in flat rubble masonry. Single semi-circular arch with voussoirs set back. Levelling course continues round tall tapering buttresses with flat capstones. Carriageway c5m wide and parapet c1m high with flat coping stones.
Nearby in the register
- Bont NewyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Telford Milestone (47)Transportunder 1 mi
- Roman BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Roman Bridge PenmachnoBridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.