CN032

Pont y Pair  

04/03/1927  

Designated  

Conwy  

Betws-y-Coed  

279156  

356705  

Transport  

Bridge  

Medieval  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. Pont y Pair carries the old road to Llanrwst and Conwy across the Afon Llugwy. It is of five arches, the middle one of which spans the deep stream. They are all built of roughly square slabs laid in mortar, and in each case the extrados (the upper or outer curve of the arch) is outlined by a regulating course of thin slabs projecting slightly, from which the wall of un-coursed rubble rises vertically so that the arches themselves are a little recessed. The bridge has been widened on the upstream side, but there is no sign of the date of construction or widening. The parapets, of smaller rubble coped with wide slabs, may be additional. Five segmental stone arches - total span 45.7m. Width between parapets 4.8m. Has been widened upstream by approximately 2.7m The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval bridge structures. 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.