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Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge is a Post-Medieval transport structure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference GM424. The bridge formed part of the tramroad network that developed during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate the transport of minerals and goods across difficult terrain. As a surviving example of early tramroad infrastructure, it represents an important phase in Welsh industrial history when horse-drawn tramways preceded the development of steam railways. The bridge's construction and engineering reflect the practical solutions employed by early nineteenth-century transport engineers to maintain connectivity across valleys and watercourses in regions of intensive mineral extraction and industrial activity.
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 Post-Medieval transport structure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge'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.
Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.