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Latitude: 51.9424 / 51°56'32"N
Longitude: -3.3807 / 3°22'50"W
OS Eastings: 305189
OS Northings: 228005
OS Grid: SO051280
Mapcode National: GBR YP.MXRC
Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.CF3S
Plus Code: 9C3RWJR9+XP
Entry Name: Canal and former Hay Railway bridge to SW of Toll Gate Cottage
Listing Date: 16 December 1976
Last Amended: 4 November 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7139
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300007139
Location: Spans canal, and track of former Hay Railway opposite Plas-y-Ffynnon.
County: Powys
Town: Brecon
Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)
Community: Brecon
Built-Up Area: Brecon
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Cottage
The canal was builkt from 1796 to 1800. The Hay Railway was constructed circa 1812 to 1818 with the purpose of carrying coal and general goods from the canal at Brecon to Talgarth, Hay and Eardisley (Herefordshire).
Stone bridge of two arches; wide southern elliptical arch over canal with towpath underneath southern side of arch; smaller northern arch traverses the former track of the Hay Railway. Curved parapet with simple stone coping with a continuation over northern arch. Numbered 165 on E side. Inner parapet wall (W) has iron plate of Great Western Railway with weight limits addressed "To drivers and owners of locomotives or other persons in charge of the same".
Unusual double-arched canal and early railway bridge. Group value with other bridges of the Abergavenny and Brecon Canal, and adjacent Toll Gate Cottage.
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