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Cae Newydd Railway Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7292 / 51°43'45"N

Longitude: -4.3081 / 4°18'29"W

OS Eastings: 240693

OS Northings: 205913

OS Grid: SN406059

Mapcode National: GBR GP.C5PX

Mapcode Global: VH3M2.8STQ

Plus Code: 9C3QPMHR+MQ

Entry Name: Cae Newydd Railway Bridge

Listing Date: 28 July 1998

Last Amended: 28 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20194

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300020194

Location: Situated some 200m off main road (A 484), approached by footpath past Cae Newydd Farm some 100m NE of Kidwelly Bridge. Bridge is some 800m SE of Kidwelly station.

County: Carmarthenshire

Town: Kidwelly

Community: Kidwelly (Cydweli)

Community: Kidwelly

Locality: Kidwelly/Cydweli

Built-Up Area: Kidwelly

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Road bridge

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History

Road bridge over railway, carrying a farm track from Cae Newydd over Swansea-Carmarthen line. Probably built c1840 for Brunel's South Wales Railway.

Exterior

Rubble stone single arched bridge with broad elliptical arch of cut stone flush voussoirs. Rubble stone parapet with broad band stepped out from string course below. Cut-stone coping and raised end piers. Raking retaining walls each side along rail track.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good surviving example of a Brunel railway bridge.

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