Gellifelen Tramroad Bridge, Llanelly, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8011 / 51°48'3"N

Longitude: -3.1333 / 3°8'0"W

OS Eastings: 321946

OS Northings: 211991

OS Grid: SO219119

Mapcode National: GBR F0.XRDV

Mapcode Global: VH6CP.MZWN

Plus Code: 9C3RRV28+CM

Entry Name: Gellifelen Tramroad Bridge

Listing Date: 27 July 2000

Last Amended: 27 July 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23824

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300023824

Location: Bridges carries public road between Darrenfelen and Gellifelen over very sharp bend above steep river ravine. Approximately 1 km S of Darrenfelen.

County: Monmouthshire

Community: Llanelly (Llanelli)

Community: Llanelly

Locality: Gellifelen

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Tram bridge

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History

Built 1821, as part of Joseph and Crawshay Bailey’s horse-powered tramroad between the Nantyglo Ironworks and the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal. The engineer was Thomas Hill of Blaenavon. The Nantyglo Ironworks Company applied to the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company to construct the line in 1820, but a delay was experienced because the proposed route crossed the Llam-march tramroad, belonging to the Clydach Ironworks. By April 1821, the Baileys were allowed to build the tramroad using their own capital and labour, and on 6th December 1821, the line opened, the Hereford Journal reporting that a line of trams were sent to Abergavenny laden with coal for the poor of the town.

Exterior

Rubble construction. Single semi-circular arch with stone voussoirs. Head of north arch has iron tie-bar. Low parapets with cemented copings.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved early C19 tramroad bridge, a prominent surviving structure of important industrial landscape of the Clydach Gorge.

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Gellifelen Tramroad Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanelly, Monmouthshire