Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge over Neath Canal at Maes-gwyn
Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neath, Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 30 January 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 30 January 2004
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Glynneath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73311, -3.65501
- Cadw reference
- 82450
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 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)
- 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Crossing the Neath Canal some 700m W of Cwmgwrach and approximately 70m SE of Maes-gwyn.
History
Late C18 bridge crossing the Neath Canal refurbished in the 1980s as part of the restoration of four miles of the Neath Canal from Resolven to Yscwrfa Bridge. The canal was originally planned from Pontneddfechan to Neath and was started in 1791 with Thomas Dadford Junior as General Surveyor. Thomas Sheasby replaced him in mid 1792 and the Neath Canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 the canal had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.
Exterior
Canal bridge, rubble stone, single segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Humped with rubble stone parapets with thin cement coping splayed out to square piers.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a bridge retaining its character on this important C18 canal.
Nearby in the register
- Limekiln to SE of Maes-Gwyn Lock on Neath CanalIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Remains of Venallt IronworksIronworksunder 1 mi
- Bridge at lock on Neath Canal N of Yscwrfa BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Aberpergwm Aqueduct over Neath CanalWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.