Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caergwrle Packhorse Bridge
Hope, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Hope, Flintshire, recorded as Bridge (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Bridge
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Community
- Hope
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.11119, -3.03791
- SAM number
- FL133
- Cadw record number
- 2219
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 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (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 ancient monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a packhorse bridge, dating to the post-medieval period. The bridge was built between 1650 and 1675, and carries Fellows Lane over the River Alyn. It contains seven ashlar arches, with pointed cutwaters to the piers and two pedestrian refuges.
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
- Pack Horse BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Lilac CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty Gwyn, including attached wall and outbuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge End BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.