Bridge over Neath Canal at Ynysarwed, Resolven, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7031 / 51°42'11"N

Longitude: -3.7224 / 3°43'20"W

OS Eastings: 281072

OS Northings: 201893

OS Grid: SN810018

Mapcode National: GBR H6.3VT8

Mapcode Global: VH5GH.FGG7

Plus Code: 9C3RP73H+72

Entry Name: Bridge over Neath Canal at Ynysarwed

Listing Date: 15 December 2003

Last Amended: 15 December 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82273

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300082273

Location: On the Neath Canal some 700m SW of Abergarwed.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Neath

Community: Resolven (Resolfen)

Community: Resolven

Locality: Ynysarwed

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Late C18 bridge crossing the Neath Canal giving access to Ynys-arwed Farm. The canal was originally planned from Pontneddfechan to Neath and was started in 1791 with Thomas Dadford Junior as General Surveyor. Thomas Sheasby replaced him in mid 1792 and the Neath Canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 the canal had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.

Exterior

Canal bridge, rubble stone, single segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Slightly humped with rubble stone parapets with some thin stone copings on NE and NW quadrants, the rest in rounded cement. Abutments curve out slightly each side, the NW quadrant ending in a square pier and the parapets on the SW quadrant decending to towpath level.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special historic interest as a largely unaltered bridge on this important C18 canal.

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Bridge over Neath Canal at Ynysarwed

A Grade II Listed Building in Resolven, Neath Port Talbot