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Pont y Cysylltau is a stone arch bridge located in Denbighshire, Wales, constructed in the post-medieval period to facilitate transport across a watercourse. The bridge represents functional vernacular architecture typical of Welsh rural infrastructure development during this era. Its construction reflects the improving communications networks that characterised the period, serving as an important local crossing point for the surrounding community. The structure demonstrates the practical engineering and masonry techniques employed in Welsh bridge construction during the post-medieval and early modern periods.
Pont y Cysylltau is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE027. View the official record →
Pont y Cysylltau is a stone arch bridge located in Denbighshire, Wales, constructed in the post-medieval period to facilitate transport across a watercourse. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE027.
Pont y Cysylltau 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 Cysylltau 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 DE027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section two miles 780yds (3930m) long, from the stream W of Brook Cottage, Selattyn, to footpath crossing dyke W of Bron-y-Garth Also in Clwyd: Wales (7 km), Wat's Dyke, 490m long section, immediately north and south of Preeshenelle Bridge (7.4 km), Offa's Dyke: Section from Footpath S of Pen-y-Bryn to Orseddwen (7.8 km).
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