Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont y Pair
Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, recorded as Bridge (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 4 March 1927
- Community
- Betws-y-Coed
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.09383, -3.80605
- SAM number
- CN032
- Cadw record number
- 3396
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
Pont y Pair carries the old road to Llanrwst and Conwy across the Afon Llugwy. It is of five arches, the middle one of which spans the deep stream. They are all built of roughly square slabs laid in mortar, and in each case the extrados (the upper or outer curve of the arch) is outlined by a regulating course of thin slabs projecting slightly, from which the wall of un-coursed rubble rises vertically so that the arches themselves are a little recessed. The bridge has been widened on the upstream side, but there is no sign of the date of construction or widening. The parapets, of smaller rubble coped with wide slabs, may be additional.
Five segmental stone arches - total span 45.7m. Width between parapets 4.8m. Has been widened upstream by approximately 2.7m
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval bridge structures. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pont-y-PairTransportunder 1 mi
- Bryn-y-BontDomesticunder 1 mi
- St. Mary's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to W of St. Michael's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.