Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community)
Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tennant Canal, Neath, Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 29 March 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 March 2000
- Locality
- Tennant Canal
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Dyffryn Clydach
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.65909, -3.83380
- Cadw reference
- 82342
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Tennant Canal to SE of Skewen village on the E side of a minor road from Neath Abbey Industrial Estate and N of the A465.
History
The Tennant Canal was built 1820-4, engineered by William Kirkhouse. The head of the canal was at Aberdulais, where it joins the Neath Canal, and ended at Port Tennant on the E side of the River Tawe in Swansea. Traffic was carried on the canal until the 1930s. Skewen Cutting is a stone-lined bed and laid in 1821 to counter problems with quicksand. The bridge is probably contemporary with the cutting and is shown on the 1844 Tithe map. It was used to carry coal to the nearby Mines Royal Copper Works.
Exterior
Tramroad bridge, high rubble stone over a segmental arch with tooled voussoirs. The abutments and parapet curve outwards at the ends, the latter having renewed concrete copings. A battered revetment is added to the SW jamb of the arch. The flat deck, built for a single track, is laid with concrete.
Reason for designation
Listed for industrial archaeological interest as an early tramroad bridge and for group value with other listed items associated with the Tennant Canal. Scheduled Ancient Monument GM394.
Nearby in the register
- Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Dyffryn Clydach Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridgeCanalunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Tennant Canal N of former Mines Royal Copper WorksTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over S end of Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.