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'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn

A Grade II Listed Building in Beddgelert, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0546 / 53°3'16"N

Longitude: -4.0176 / 4°1'3"W

OS Eastings: 264869

OS Northings: 352723

OS Grid: SH648527

Mapcode National: GBR 5V.CNJG

Mapcode Global: WH552.8H33

Plus Code: 9C5Q3X3J+VX

Entry Name: 'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn

Listing Date: 29 May 1968

Last Amended: 25 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3743

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300003743

Location: Spanning the Afon Glaslyn immediatly NE of Llyn Gwynant.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Beddgelert

Community: Beddgelert

Locality: Nant Glaslyn

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Bridge Footbridge

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History

Vernacular clapper bridge, probably built in the early C16 to serve the new house of Wenallt. This house, of which now only the footings survive, was built by Cadwaladr ap Meredudd, son of Merededd ap Ieuan ap Robert, builder of Gwydir Castle and founder of the Wynn dynasty. It is possible that the bridge originally had wooden decking on its boulder platforms and that the terminating piers on the house side held a gate or possibly even a drawbridge mechanism.

Exterior

Vernacular 3-span clapper footbridge, the southern-most span and associated boulder-built ramp being modern. Irregular boulder platforms with crude cutwaters to both the up- and downstream stream sides; cyclopean slate-stone slabs form the bridging sections of the two northern-most spans. At the N end are rubble piers flanking a modern gate. The bridge has an overall length of approximately 20m.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as an early vernacular bridge in the locality.

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