Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Blaenhonddan community), Tonna, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6791 / 51°40'44"N

Longitude: -3.7758 / 3°46'33"W

OS Eastings: 277314

OS Northings: 199303

OS Grid: SS773993

Mapcode National: GBR H4.5DYT

Mapcode Global: VH5GN.H2Q5

Plus Code: 9C3RM6HF+JM

Entry Name: Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Blaenhonddan community)

Listing Date: 29 January 1980

Last Amended: 25 February 2000

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22861

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300022861

Location: Spanning the River Neath W of Aberdulais Basin and approximately 0.4km N of Tonna church.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Tonna

Locality: Aberdulais

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

The Tennant Canal, engineered by William Kirkhouse, was begun in 1821 and the aqueduct across the River Neath at Aberdulais was begun in 1823. The canal opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea. Traffic declined from the 1860s due to competition with railways but the canal did not close to commercial traffic until 1934.

Exterior

A 10-bay aqueduct of coursed rubble stone, with dressed stone segmental arch rings. The arches are of uneven spans, being wider in the centre. V-shaped cutwaters on the upstream side have pyramidal caps. Towpaths are on both sides. The coping is part stone, part brick. The aqueduct enters a lock on the W bank and has a cast iron trough with stone coping at the E end (passing over a former and earlier navigable channel) before it enters the Aberdulais Basin on the E bank.

Reasons for Listing

Listed Grade II* for its industrial archaeological interest as a fine example of early C19 canal engineering in a prominent location, and for group value with other associated listed items on the Tennant Canal at Aberdulais.

Scheduled Ancient Monument GM 506 (NEP).

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

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 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 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.
II Aberdulais Basin at the head of the Tennant Canal
Approximately 0.4km N of Tonna village on the E side of the River Neath and W of the Neath Canal.
II Pont Gam
On the E side of the Aberdulais Basin at the junction of the Neath and Tennant Canals.

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Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Blaenhonddan community)

A Grade II* Listed Building in Tonna, Neath Port Talbot