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Cleddau Railway Bridge (partly in New Moat Community)

A Grade II Listed Building in Clynderwen (Clunderwen), Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8433 / 51°50'35"N

Longitude: -4.7803 / 4°46'49"W

OS Eastings: 208572

OS Northings: 219733

OS Grid: SN085197

Mapcode National: GBR CT.V4XT

Mapcode Global: VH2NS.3X6T

Plus Code: 9C3QR6V9+8V

Entry Name: Cleddau Railway Bridge (partly in New Moat Community)

Listing Date: 10 April 2004

Last Amended: 10 February 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82464

ID on this website: 300082464

Location: Spanning the Eastern Cleddau W of the B4313, immediately N of Longridge Bridge, and approximately 3.5km W of Clynderwen.

County: Pembrokeshire

Community: Clynderwen (Clunderwen)

Community: Clynderwen

Locality: Egremont

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Railway bridge

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History

Railway bridge built 1851-2 on the Carmarthen to Clarbeston Road section of the South Wales Railway, later extended to Neyland in 1856. The chief engineer was I K Brunel.

Exterior

A 2-span double-track viaduct of snecked freestone and hammer-dressed voussoirs to round arches. The central pier is tapering. A raised band is beneath the parapet, which has been heightened in snecked blockwork with metal fence. The high embankments have raked retaining walls.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a fine mid C19 railway bridge from the office of one of Britain's foremost civil engineers.

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