Pont Syr Dafydd, Penmaen, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6795 / 51°40'46"N

Longitude: -3.1861 / 3°11'10"W

OS Eastings: 318087

OS Northings: 198528

OS Grid: ST180985

Mapcode National: GBR HX.5K8T

Mapcode Global: VH6DF.Q1HT

Plus Code: 9C3RMRH7+RH

Entry Name: Pont Syr Dafydd

Listing Date: 23 March 1999

Last Amended: 23 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21509

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Pont Syr Dafydd (partly in Penmaen Community)

ID on this website: 300021509

Location: At the foot of Rhiw Syr Dafydd Hill, an exceptionally steep road crossing the Sirhowy valley and linking Penmaen and Oakdale, with Blackwood and Bedwellty.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Blackwood (Coed Duon)

Community: Blackwood

Locality: Rhiw Syr Dafydd

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Probably C18. The route itself could be much earlier, linking the medieval hilltop communities and churches of Bedwellty and Mynyddislwyn.

Exterior

A single arch slightly hump-backed bridge spanning the Sirhowy River. Of narrow coursed rubble with deep even dressed stone voussoirs with a protruding keystone; only one probably original flat coping stone survives at NE, the rest remoulded in concrete. Splayed approaches, repaired; an offset in NE abutment. The high point of the bridge is not centred over the river arch.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a pre-industrial bridge, one of a few surviving in this area.

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II Oakdale Hospital
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II Gelli-Dywyll Farmhouse (also known as Cwmgelli Farm)
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II T-plan agricultural range at Gelli-Dywyll Farm (also known as Cwmgelli Farm)
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II Telephone Call-box near junction of Central Avenue and Penrhiw Avenue
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II Gate piers with flanking doorways and walls at entrance to Maes Manor
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Pont Syr Dafydd

A Grade II Listed Building in Penmaen, Caerphilly