Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge at Red Wharf Bay
Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 January 2003
- Locality
- Red Wharf Bay
- Community
- Pentraeth
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.29437, -4.20115
- Cadw reference
- 80822
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning a narrow tributary and carrying the coastal road along the southern edge of Red Wharf Bay; close to Pen-y-prys.
History
C18 or early C19 roadbridge.
Exterior
Roadbridge of rubble masonry with dressed stone voussoirs across a wide single arch; flanking piers are slightly advanced and there is a drip course below a shallow parapet wall.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved road bridge of C18 or early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Sandy LaneDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sandy LaneDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tower at Red Wharf BayDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Ship InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.