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29/01/1980  

26/11/2003  

ABERDULAIS LOCK ON TENNANT CANAL,,,,,WEST GLAMORGAN,  

 

Castell-nedd Port Talbot  

Blaenhonddan  

Neath  

Aberdulais  

277256  

199275  

 

On the W bank of the Afon Nedd between the Tennant Canal and the Aberdulais Aqueduct.  

Cludiant  

 

Canal lock, c 1823, the only one on the main line of the Tennant canal. Engineered by William Kirkhouse, the Tennant canal was begun in 1821 and the aqueduct across the River Neath at Aberdulais was begun in 1823. The canal opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea.  

Lock chamber with parallel walls of coursed stone. Wooden lower lock gates survive intact. Rebate of upper lock gates remains but is replaced by a wall.  

 

Included as the only lock on the main line of the Tennant Canal and as part of a group of canal structures at Aberdulais of special architectural and historic interest.