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Latitude: 53.2906 / 53°17'26"N
Longitude: -4.5847 / 4°35'4"W
OS Eastings: 227818
OS Northings: 380188
OS Grid: SH278801
Mapcode National: GBR HN10.4PX
Mapcode Global: WH42H.KK16
Plus Code: 9C5Q7CR8+64
Entry Name: Stanley Embankment
Listing Date: 30 June 1998
Last Amended: 30 June 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 20074
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300020074
Location: Spanning the strait between the main island, N of Valley, and Holyhead Island.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Holyhead (Caergybi)
Community: Holyhead
Locality: Penrhos Coastal Park
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Causeway
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. The Stanley Embankment, designed by Telford, was built to carry the new road across the strait to Holyhead Island. Built by Gill and Hodges, construction work began in 1815 and was completed in 1822. Further construction work took place in the late 1840's to allow the railway to be carried across the embankment, the first trains running between Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Holyhead in the summer of 1849.
A large embankment built on a natural terrace across the strait, faced with stone and with modern rubble walling either side to protect against storm damage. The embankment is 1,300yds (1189m) in length, 16ft (4.87m) high, the base is 114ft (34.75m) wide tapering to a width of 34ft (10.36m) at the top. The embankment carries the A5(T) road carriage along its eastern side and the main Euston to Holyhead railway to the west, a tall rubble masonry wall dividing the two and a smaller rubble masonry wall along the east side of the A5(T).
Listed as good example of Telford's structural design work for the A5. A road and rail embankment demonstrating considerable engineering skill and of immense local importance for its connection with Telford's A5 and the railway providing the route between London and Dublin.
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