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Latitude: 53.0647 / 53°3'53"N
Longitude: -3.2934 / 3°17'36"W
OS Eastings: 313423
OS Northings: 352725
OS Grid: SJ134527
Mapcode National: GBR 6S.BY7F
Mapcode Global: WH77P.C7YB
Plus Code: 9C5R3P74+VJ
Entry Name: Pont-pen-y-bont
Listing Date: 19 May 2001
Last Amended: 19 May 2001
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 25222
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300025222
Location: 300m east of Pen-y-graig, across the Afon Hesbin.
County: Denbighshire
Community: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Community: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Locality: Pentre Celyn
Traditional County: Denbighshire
Tagged with: Bridge Packhorse bridge
The route upon which this bridge stands is an abandoned track north-north-west from Glan Hesbin farm, which appears originally to have connected with the track and road running north through Bryn-yr-obwst to Llanfair village. This is reputed to have been a section of Roman road, and the bridge is known locally as the Roman Bridge. The bridge is a packhorse bridge evidently of the C18 or before.
The bridge gave the name to a nearby cottage (no longer extant), known as Pen-y-bont cottage; the name was then taken back to the bridge from the cottage as Pont-pen-y-bont.
A single span bridge in local axe dressed or rubble limestone masonry, with a span of about 8m and a width of about 3m. The ground is gently ramped up at each side. There are no parapets. The shape of the arch is segmental with a rise of about 2½m.
An increasingly rare survival of a packhorse bridge.
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