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Fish Pool Dam

A Grade II Listed Building in Tintern, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6975 / 51°41'51"N

Longitude: -2.7179 / 2°43'4"W

OS Eastings: 350482

OS Northings: 200110

OS Grid: SO504001

Mapcode National: GBR JK.491G

Mapcode Global: VH87D.VL1J

Plus Code: 9C3VM7XJ+2V

Entry Name: Fish Pool Dam

Listing Date: 29 September 2000

Last Amended: 9 October 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24059

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300024059

Location: About 3000m west of Tintern Abbey beside the road to Devauden.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: Tintern (Tyndyrn)

Community: Devauden

Locality: Pont-y-saeson

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

This dam was constructed to provide power for the Pont-y-saeson Forge which was about 500m below it. Little is known about this forge which may have begun functioning as early as 1675, but the dam is probably at least C18 in origin.

Exterior

The dam is constructed of rubble sandstone walling. The upstream side has eight low arches with elliptical heads for the sluices. The downstream side has the spillways from these with an over-spill or fish ladder to the right. The dam provides a 3.5m head of water in its current state. The dam is about 20m long and about 2.5m wide. The crest of the dam has been rebuilt in the late C20 as a part of its current role as a fishing lake.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well preserved small mill dam dating possibly from the C18, and as a part of an important group of surviving relics of the metal industry in the Anghidy valley.

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