Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21873
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/06/1999
Date of Amendment
17/06/1999
Name of Property
Pont Traws-afon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Cyffylliog
Town
Locality
Pont Traws-afon
Easting
302690
Northing
354645
Street Side
Location
Located towards the south-western boundary of the community within the Clocaenog forest; spanning the Nant Nilig some 200m SE of Nilig and carrying the main forest road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Early clapper bridge carrying the main E-W road through the forest; probably of C18 date in its present form, though perhaps with earlier origins.
Exterior
Two-span clapper bridge of rubble construction, with an irregular rubble platform projecting on the eastern downstream side. Central rubble piers to both sides, that to the upstream side with an irregular rubble cutwater. Flat carriageway with gently-curving parapets; boulder copings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a vernacular clapper bridge of probable C17 or C18 origin.
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