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Pont y Cysylltau is a masonry arch bridge located in Denbighshire, Wales, constructed during the eighteenth century as part of the region's developing transport infrastructure. The bridge spans a watercourse and demonstrates the engineering practices typical of post-medieval bridge construction in Wales, employing dressed stone in its arched structure. Its designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its historical importance to the local landscape and its value as evidence of eighteenth-century civil engineering. The bridge remains an integral feature of the historical transport network in the area.
Pont y Cysylltau is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE027. View the official record →
Pont y Cysylltau is a masonry arch bridge located in Denbighshire, Wales, constructed during the eighteenth century as part of the region's developing transport infrastructure. 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pont y Cysylltau'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 Cysylltau stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.