Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rhuddlan Bridge
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.28988, -3.46884
- SAM number
- FL018
- Cadw record number
- 3787
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled ancient monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a bridge, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. A bridge has been documented over the Clwyd at Rhuddlan from 1278, with work documented in 1372 and 1383. The present bridge carries a tablet with the date 1595, but it has been remodelled in 1959 to allow a widened roadway to be carried. It consists of a stone bridge with two unequal arches.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval or post-medieval construction techniques and transportation systems. 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
- Rhuddlan BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- 2. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard CrossReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.