Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Canal bridge S of Tamplin Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Llantarnam, Torfaen, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 September 2003
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Community
- Llantarnam
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62117, -3.01937
- Cadw reference
- 81866
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 some 170m S of Tamplin Lock on the S side of Pentre Lane.
History
Late C18 canal bridge on the Monmouthshire Canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior, 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewynydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin. Tamplin Lock to the N is one of the Llantarnam flight of three locks S of Cwmbran.
Exterior
Hump-backed canal bridge, rubblestone with single segmental arch of dressed sandstone voussoirs and low parapets with flat coping. Abutments splay outwards on each side. Former tow path passed under
bridge on W side.
Reason for designation
Included for historic transport interest as a late C18 canal bridge retaining its character.
Nearby in the register
- Canal bridge at Drapers Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Bettws community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Malpas community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Malpas CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.