Aberdulais Basin at the head of the Tennant Canal, Tonna, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6797 / 51°40'46"N

Longitude: -3.7749 / 3°46'29"W

OS Eastings: 277380

OS Northings: 199370

OS Grid: SS773993

Mapcode National: GBR H4.576K

Mapcode Global: VH5GN.J16P

Plus Code: 9C3RM6HG+V2

Entry Name: Aberdulais Basin at the head of the Tennant Canal

Listing Date: 29 January 1980

Last Amended: 25 February 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11839

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300011839

Location: Approximately 0.4km N of Tonna village on the E side of the River Neath and W of the Neath Canal.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Tonna

Locality: Aberdulais

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

The Tennant Canal, engineered by William Kirkhouse, was begun in 1821 and opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea. The interchange basin is at the head of the Tennant Canal and linked the Neath and Tennant Canals. A dry dock was also built on its SE side. Traffic on the Tennant Canal declined from the 1860s due to competition with railways but the canal did not close to commercial traffic until 1934.

Exterior

An irregular shaped, stone-lined basin approximately 100m x 20m, part filled with reeds and rushes at the time of inspection (October 1999). At the NE end it joins the Neath Canal (beneath Pont Gam), while the SW end, now infilled, joined the Aberdulais Aqueduct. A concrete slipway on the SE side originally connected with a dry dock (now infilled).

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its industrial archaeological interest as an early C19 canal structure, and for group value with other associated listed items on the Tennant Canal at Aberdulais.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Pont Gam
On the E side of the Aberdulais Basin at the junction of the Neath and Tennant Canals.
II Railway bridge on NE side of Railway Tavern
On the NE side of Railway Tavern N of Dulais Fach Road and S of Aberdulais Basin.
II* Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Blaenhonddan community)
Spanning the River Neath W of Aberdulais Basin and approximately 0.4km N of Tonna church.
II Aberdulais Viaduct (partly in Tonna community)
Spanning the Afon Nedd S of the Aberdulais Aqueduct and N of Dulais Fach Road.
II* Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Tonna community)
Spanning the Afon Nedd W of Aberdulais Basin and approximately 0.4km N of Tonna church.
II Aberdulais Lock on Tennant Canal
On the W bank of the Afon Nedd between the Tennant Canal and the Aberdulais Aqueduct.
II Lock keeper's and toll collector's office at SW end of Aberdulais Aqueduct
On the W bank of the Afon Nedd and on the S side of the Tennant Canal lock on the end of the Aberdulais Aqueduct.
II Aberdulais Viaduct (partly in Blaenrhonddan community)
Spanning the River Neath S of the Aberdulais Aqueduct and N of Dulais Fach Road.

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Aberdulais Basin at the head of the Tennant Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Tonna, Neath Port Talbot