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Canal Bridge No 161 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfrynach, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9337 / 51°56'1"N

Longitude: -3.3355 / 3°20'7"W

OS Eastings: 308279

OS Northings: 226972

OS Grid: SO082269

Mapcode National: GBR YR.N99N

Mapcode Global: VH6C0.4NJH

Plus Code: 9C3RWMM7+FR

Entry Name: Canal Bridge No 161 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal

Listing Date: 28 July 2005

Last Amended: 28 July 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 84813

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300084813

Location: Situated some 300 m SE of Cefn Brynich aqueduct.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Llanfrynach

Community: Llanfrynach

Locality: Cefn Brynich

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Bridge No 161 on the Brecon to Abergavenny Canal authorised 1793, this section built under Thomas Dadford Jr engineer in 1800. This bridge connects fields on either side of the canal.

Exterior

Canal bridge, squared rubble stone with broad elliptical arch with stone voussoirs. Humped parapet with stone copings and square end piers. The arch is very broad and shallow and appears to have sunk, strengthened with iron reinforcing.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special historic interest as a well-preserved Georgian canal bridge.

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