Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bont-Newydd
Aber, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Aber, Gwynedd, recorded as Bridge (Post Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Bridge
- Period
- Post Medieval
- Community
- Aber
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.22820, -4.00489
- SAM number
- CN061
- Cadw record number
- 181
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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (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.
A bridge with a single barrel vault of c.7.5 m span. Built of stone throughout. The stone voussoirs are slightly inset from the wall above and are covered by a row of flat coping stones. The bridge is c.4.6 m wide and provides a road width of c.3.6 m. The road is flanked on either side by low parapets. The structure appears to be of a single build.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-medieval bridge construction and travel. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves 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
- Bont NewyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Medieval Homestead 400m SE of Maes y GaerRectangular hut settlementunder 1 mi
- Maes y Gaer Camp (Hillfort)Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Ty'n FfriddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.