Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25809
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/10/2001
Date of Amendment
22/10/2001
Name of Property
Pont y Porthmyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanycil
Town
Locality
Pont Rhyd-y-Fen
Easting
280345
Northing
339816
Street Side
Location
Spanning a stream some 30m N of the road, and some 50m E of Pont Tai Hirion.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Vernacular regional bridge perhaps medieval; formerly carrying a track or road now lost but apparently formerly leading to Ysbyty Ifan where the Knights Hospitallers had a commandary. Edward Lhuyd mentions the bridge in the 1690s as 'Pont Rhyd y Porthnyn.' The name links the bridge with cattle droving.
Exterior
Single-span vernacular bridge with rough-dressed voussoirs to a depressed pointed arch. There are no parapets (and probably never were).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a possibly C17 regional bridge retaining original character, a rare survivor of an early vernacular bridge.
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