Scheduled MonumentsWalesPont Minllyn
Post Medieval/Modern · Bridge

Pont Minllyn

Meirionnydd, Wales
Cadw SAM ME094
Period
Post Medieval/Modern
Site type
Bridge
Broad class
Transport
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pont Minllyn is a stone bridge located in Meirionnydd, Wales, that dates to the post-medieval period. The bridge carries a local route across watercourse infrastructure characteristic of the region's transport network development during this era. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection, it represents the type of functional stone bridge construction typical of Welsh rural infrastructure that facilitated communication and movement through upland terrain. The monument is recognised for its significance within the broader context of post-medieval transport heritage in Meirionnydd.

Pont Minllyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME094. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Pont Minllyn?

Pont Minllyn is a stone bridge located in Meirionnydd, Wales, that dates to the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME094.

What period does Pont Minllyn date from?

Pont Minllyn 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.

Who is responsible for protecting Pont Minllyn?

Pont Minllyn 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 ME094.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pont Minllyn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ffridd Braich Llwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex (5.3 km), Mynydd Lluest Fach barrow cemetery (7 km), Nant Helygog ring cairn (7.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pont Minllyn

Pont Minllyn stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.