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Latitude: 51.5904 / 51°35'25"N
Longitude: -3.0296 / 3°1'46"W
OS Eastings: 328771
OS Northings: 188457
OS Grid: ST287884
Mapcode National: GBR J4.C2MV
Mapcode Global: VH7BC.F9R3
Plus Code: 9C3RHXRC+55
Entry Name: Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Pound-wern Cottage
Listing Date: 14 September 1999
Last Amended: 14 September 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22326
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300022326
Location: Located approximately 40 metres SW of Pound-wern Cottage. Bridge carries footpath connecting Ridgeway with the canal towpath.
County: Newport
Community: Allt-yr-yn (Allt-yr-ynn)
Community: Allt-yr-Yn
Locality: Allt-yr-yn
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Bridge
The eastern branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1792, and officially opened in 1799. It ran from Newport to Pontnewynydd, and was engineered by Thomas Dadford Jnr. The canal connected with several tramroads belonging to the same company (Monmouthshire Canal Navigational Company), carrying coal down to the wharves. The branch was 17.7 km long, and rose 136.2 metres through 42 locks. The contemporary western branch, 19 km long, ran to Crumlin. In 1812, the eastern branch was connected to the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal at Pontymoile Basin, and this became the main line. In 1853-55, the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company built a railway down to Newport, the company amalgamating with the Great Western Railway in 1880. The canal then became increasingly disused. The Crumlin branch closed in 1949, the main line in 1962.
Late C18. Single arched bridge of rubble construction. Semi-elliptical arch with stone voussoirs. Parapet walls with stone copings, splayed out to square piers. Stepped revetment walls each side of bridge to W. Path runs under bridge on W side.
Listed as a significant element of the engineering works associated with the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
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