Aqueduct on Dowlais Free Drainage System, Pant, Merthyr Tydfil

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7664 / 51°45'59"N

Longitude: -3.3427 / 3°20'33"W

OS Eastings: 307440

OS Northings: 208380

OS Grid: SO074083

Mapcode National: GBR YR.ZTQQ

Mapcode Global: VH6CS.0VQQ

Plus Code: 9C3RQM84+HW

Entry Name: Aqueduct on Dowlais Free Drainage System

Listing Date: 11 March 2003

Last Amended: 11 March 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 80964

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300080964

County: Merthyr Tydfil

Community: Pant

Locality: Pengarnddu

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Aqueduct

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History

Aqueduct built 1860/1865 on Dowlais Free Drainage System to carry watercourse to nearby reservoir over access way to common.

Exterior

Aqueduct, grey stone, segmental arch approximately 2.4m high and 1.4m span with stone voussoirs. Angled wing-walls and buttresses in stone with soffit in red brick. Parapets repaired with cement. Watercourse some 1m wide lined with brick. Tunnel some 4m long, the N side being part buried in overburden in 1979.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as part of the historically important Dowlais Free Drainage System.

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Aqueduct on Dowlais Free Drainage System

A Grade II Listed Building in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil