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Pont Cymmerau

A Grade II Listed Building in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.969 / 52°58'8"N

Longitude: -3.9508 / 3°57'2"W

OS Eastings: 269087

OS Northings: 343072

OS Grid: SH690430

Mapcode National: GBR 5Y.JSXB

Mapcode Global: WH55H.8MXS

Plus Code: 9C4RX29X+HM

Entry Name: Pont Cymmerau

Listing Date: 24 April 1951

Last Amended: 1 February 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4692

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300004692

Location: Located about 1km N of Rhyd-y-sarn in a wood fording the Afon Goedol; accessed via a track leading W from the A 496.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Ffestiniog

Community: Ffestiniog

Locality: Pont Cymmerau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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Exterior

Description: 2-span vernacular bridge, perhaps C17 and said to be at the junction of several Roman roads. Rubble construction on rock platform; 2 wide segmental arches with arch rings. Shallow-pointed cut-water on upstream side and flat buttress on downstream side. The R arch is set slightly lower; no parapets and out-of-character modern wire fence.

A vernacular twin-arched bridge of historic interest.

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