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Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village is a post-medieval or modern crossing structure situated in the coal-bearing landscape of South Wales. The bridge spans terrain underlain by the Pennine and South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age sequence of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones interbedded with coal seams and ironstone. This geology reflects the industrial heritage of the region, where coal extraction shaped settlement and infrastructure from the eighteenth century onwards. The bridge itself represents the practical engineering response to crossing difficult terrain in an area where such routes became essential to mining communities and their transport networks. The structure stands as evidence of the infrastructure that supported the region's economic life during its period of mineral extraction and industrial development.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference FL132, recognising its significance within the archaeological and historical landscape of the locality. Its post-medieval or modern dating reflects the period when formal bridge construction became standardised in Wales, replacing earlier ford crossings and temporary structures. The precise engineering solutions employed at this location would have been adapted to the local geology and drainage patterns characteristic of the Lower Coal Measures terrain.
Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL132. View the official record →
Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village is a post-medieval or modern crossing structure situated in the coal-bearing landscape of South Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL132.
Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a bridge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croes-Foel Round Barrow (7.5 km), Offa's Dyke: Pentre-Bychan Hall Section, extending 540m S from Bron-Wylfa (7.6 km), Offa's Dyke: Section S of Bryn yr Owen Farm (7.9 km).
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Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.