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Pont Felindre

Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Felindre, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, designated on 18 June 2004.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Pont Felindre, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
18 June 2004
Locality
Felindre
Community
Llandovery
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.99312, -3.77955
Cadw reference
82897

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at Felindre c50m from junction of lane with A40 Brecon road.

History

Road bridge over Nant Gwydderig, probably the bridge for which the contract was let out in 1825 by the magistrates, to be built to design of David Thomas, County Bridge Surveyor, by Samuel Griffiths of Llanfair ar y Bryn for £135/4/0d (£135.20).

Exterior

Road bridge, rubble stone, single arch with tooled grey stone voussoirs. Triple keystone on downstream side. Humped parapets with long limestone coping stones. Parapets are slightly built out over line of bridge, possibly a widening to edge of an existing string course.

Reason for designation

Included as a well-built road bridge probably of 1825.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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