Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81058
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/2003
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Bridge over Lower Clydach below Glynmeithrim Uchaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mawr
Town
Swansea
Locality
Cwm Clydach
Easting
268461
Northing
205874
Street Side
Location
Situated on disused road that crossed Cwm Clydach in SW-NE direction from point 1.5 km N of Rhydygwin to crossroads on Mynydd Carnllechart near Nantmoel Uchaf.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge carrying track over the Lower Clydach, the scale and narrowness suggesting a late C18 date. The track appears to have been an important roadway across the valley connecting the two parallel uplands, going through Cwm Clydach to Melin y Cwm and then to the Baran mountain farms and chapel. The road is now disused and the bridge has lost most of its parapets.
Exterior
Humped road bridge, rubble stone, broad single arch with long stone voussiors and thin crown. Stone abutments. Low rubble stone parapets now only visible on SW side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a surviving late C18 humped road bridge of an unusually slender construction.
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