Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Cothi (partly in Llanfynydd Community)
Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Abergorlech, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn, Carmarthenshire, designated on 8 July 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 8 July 1966
- Locality
- Abergorlech
- Community
- Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.98265, -4.06219
- Cadw reference
- 9380
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 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 (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Cothi in the centre of the village and carrying a minor road immediately S of its junction with the B4310.
History
A wooden bridge over the Cothi at Abergorlech is mentioned in 1675, the present bridge therefore being later. It was repaired in 1794 by John Jones (details on parapet), which probably refers to the construction of the segmental arch to the L bank.
Exterior
A single-carriageway 3-bay bridge of rubble stone. The central piers have full-height V-shaped cutwaters rising to the parapet as refuges. The centre and R-hand (N) arches are pointed with narrow voussoirs, of which the R-hand is partly distorted. The later L-hand arch is segmental with dressed voussoirs. All arches have drip moulds. The parapet has a simple coping course. On the downstream side one refuge has a small stone tablet inscribed 'this bridge was mended by John Jones 1794'. On the R (N) bank the approach and parapet curve outwards on the upstream side, while on the downstream side they are continuous with a sinuous roadside wall. The L (S) bank has a splayed stone abutment.
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as an especially fine and well-preserved sub-medieval road bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Cothi (partly in Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn Community(Transportunder 1 mi
- Ty MawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel NewyddReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Maes-y-BidiauDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.