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Fourteen Locks is a series of fourteen consecutive canal locks located on the Monmouthshire Canal near Newport in Monmouthshire, Wales. Dating from the late eighteenth century, the flight was constructed as part of the canal's expansion to facilitate the transport of coal, iron, and other industrial goods from the valleys of South Wales to the Severn Estuary. The locks represent a significant engineering achievement of the canal age, enabling vessels to navigate the substantial change in elevation across this section of the waterway. The site remains an important example of post-medieval transport infrastructure and demonstrates the industrial heritage of the region during the period of South Wales's economic development as a major centre of coal and iron production.
Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM184. View the official record →
Fourteen Locks is a series of fourteen consecutive canal locks located on the Monmouthshire Canal near Newport in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM184.
Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a lock. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal 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 MM184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coed y Defaid Camp (2.5 km), Croes Carn Einion Roman Site (3.3 km), Castell Glas Castle Mound (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.