Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon), Betws Garmon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0643 / 53°3'51"N

Longitude: -4.1381 / 4°8'17"W

OS Eastings: 256829

OS Northings: 354037

OS Grid: SH568540

Mapcode National: GBR 5P.BWTM

Mapcode Global: WH550.D7QN

Plus Code: 9C5Q3V76+PQ

Entry Name: Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon)

Listing Date: 29 January 1999

Last Amended: 29 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21279

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Pont Glan-yr-afon

ID on this website: 300021279

Location: Located on the A 4085 approximately 1km north of Rhyd-Ddu at the confluence of the Afon Gwyrfai and its tributary the Afon Treweunydd.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Betws Garmon

Locality: Pont Cwellyn

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Built as part of the creation of the turnpike road in the 1820s.

Exterior

Bridge. Roughly coursed rubblestone with stone-on-edge coping. 3 arches, southern (over the Afon Gwyrfai) round-arched, the centre (flood relief arch) and the northern (over the Afon Treweunydd) segmental, all with voussoirs and arch-rings. There is a walled refuge on the west side of the bridge opposite the driveway to Glanrafon.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a turnpike road bridge spanning 2 small rivers.

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Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon)

A Grade II Listed Building in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd