Latitude: 51.645 / 51°38'42"N
Longitude: -3.1892 / 3°11'21"W
OS Eastings: 317812
OS Northings: 194694
OS Grid: ST178946
Mapcode National: GBR HX.7JJD
Mapcode Global: VH6DF.NXV9
Plus Code: 9C3RJRW6+28
Entry Name: Bridge over Sirhowy River at Gelligroes
Listing Date: 26 February 1988
Last Amended: 31 March 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1905
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300001905
Location: Bridge forms part of the S boundary between Pontllanfraith and Ynysddu; adjacent to the mill complex and small hamlet of Gelli-groes; reached by a side road running SE from Newport Road (A4048).
County: Caerphilly
Community: Pontllanfraith (Pontllan-fraith)
Community: Ynysddu
Locality: Gelli-groes
Built-Up Area: Pontllan-fraith
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge
Probably C18. Repaired and repointed 1987. Old photographs show the parapet with railings.
Single arch hump-backed bridge of rubble with very deep thin voussoirs to the wide elliptical river arch which is buttressed at river level. Parapets with flat coping stones. Unequal splayed approaches of snecked rubble and part stepped at ground level. Narrow roadway.
Included as a pre-industrial river bridge; group value with the Mill and Mill House at Gelli-groes.
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