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Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridge is a Post Medieval and Modern transport structure located in Wales, forming part of the Tennant Canal system which served the industrial development of the South Wales valleys. The Skewen Cutting represents a significant feat of civil engineering undertaken to facilitate the canal's passage through elevated terrain, whilst the associated tramroad bridge demonstrates the integration of multiple transport technologies characteristic of early industrial Wales. The structure dates from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period of intensive canal construction and industrial expansion in South Wales. The monument stands as evidence of the engineering solutions required to connect collieries, ironworks, and other industrial sites with broader commercial transport networks.
Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM394. View the official record →
Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridge is a Post Medieval and Modern transport structure located in Wales, forming part of the Tennant Canal system which served the industrial development of the South Wales valleys. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM394.
Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridge dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a canal. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and 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 GM394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Brunel Dock, Briton Ferry (3.6 km), St Margaret's Chapel (4.1 km), Mynydd y Gaer (Lower) Camp (4.4 km).
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