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Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge is a cast iron structure located in Wales that dates to the early industrial period, reflecting the development of tramroad transport infrastructure in the region. The bridge was constructed to carry a tramroad across the landscape, serving the movement of goods and materials during the post-medieval industrial era. Built from cast iron, the bridge demonstrates the technological advancement and engineering practices characteristic of early nineteenth-century Welsh industrial development. The structure represents an important example of transport infrastructure from the period when tramroads were becoming established as a significant means of moving cargo across difficult terrain before the railway age.
Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM424. View the official record →
Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge is a cast iron structure located in Wales that dates to the early industrial period, reflecting the development of tramroad transport infrastructure in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM424.
Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a bridge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge 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 GM424.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Darren Fawr Round Cairns (4.7 km), Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace) (5.6 km), Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf (7.3 km).
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