Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ynysmeudwy Isaf Overbridge on Swansea Canal
Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 13 March 2003
- Locality
- Ynysmeudwy
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Pontardawe
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72565, -3.84305
- Cadw reference
- 80995
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the Swansea Canal some 80m S of Ynysmeudwy Isaf.
History
Canal bridge, late C18, over the Swansea Canal. The 16-mile Swansea Canal was opened in 1798 to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf, declined after the railway opened in 1852 and closed in 1931.
Exterior
Canal overbridge, rubble stone single arch bridge. Segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Abutments curve out slightly each side to square end piers. Parapets of large rubble stone slabs, some on the SW side removed and replaced with cement coping. The SW parapet and NE pier on the towpath side have been repaired in red brick.
Reason for designation
Included as an intact canal overbridge apparently of the late C18.
Nearby in the register
- Former National SchoolsEducationunder 1 mi
- Tabernacle Congregational Chapel, including forecourt gates and wall, and attached vestries.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Alltycham HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge on Swansea CanalTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.