Latitude: 51.6317 / 51°37'54"N
Longitude: -3.0236 / 3°1'24"W
OS Eastings: 329250
OS Northings: 193044
OS Grid: ST292930
Mapcode National: GBR J4.8J4J
Mapcode Global: VH7B5.J7XY
Plus Code: 9C3RJXJG+MH
Entry Name: Canal bridge at Shop Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Listing Date: 30 September 2003
Last Amended: 30 September 2003
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 81863
ID on this website: 300081863
Location: On the S side of Shop Lock some 470m S of Hollybush Way.
County: Torfaen
Town: Cwmbran
Community: Llantarnam
Community: Llantarnam
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge
Late C18 canal bridge on the Monmouthshire Canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior, 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewynydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin. Shop Lock is one of the Ty Coch flight of seven locks S of Cwmbran.
Hump-backed canal bridge, built into canal lock to N. Rubblestone with single segmental arch of dressed sandstone voussoirs and parapets with flat coping. Abutments splay outwards on each side to square piers, the NW side returning along the lock and incorporating two stone seats. Another seat has been built into the NW parapet.
Included for historic transport interest as a late C18 canal bridge retaining its character.
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