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Hafod Arch (aka Clydach Railroad Bridge)

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 05955.0g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Brynmawr
Unitary authority : Blaenau Gwent
NGR : SO20201226
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL TRAMWAY BRIDGE
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
A masonry bridge with iron cross-girders.

Description :
On the right hand side of the Heads of the Valleys Road on the final approach to Brynmawr is a section of an early and important tramroad (see 07712g), including an impressive causeway section with a stone bridge - the Hafod Arch.

A watching brief on the site recovered a beam containing a rail spike produced by Glasgow Steel Nail, indicating the beam may be a railroad sleeper (Philips 2011).

Sources :
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council , 2003 , Blaenau Gwent Heritage Audit Interim Report 2002-2003
Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust , Site Visit Record
Phillips, N. , 2011 , Archaeological Watching Brief, Hafod Arch (Clydach Railroad)
01. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (2003), Blaenau Gwent Heritage Audit: Interim Report 2002-2003, Heritage section
02/ Desc Text/Cadw/ Full Management Report/2006/ Copy in further information file

Events :
E003271 : Hafod Arch Photogrammetric Survey (year : 2002)
E003951 : Hafod Arch (Clydach Railroad) (year : 2010)
E004918 : Blaenau Gwent Heritage Audit (year : 2003)
E004953 : A465 dualling Section 2: Clydach Rail Road, Cheltenham site 1 (year : 2003)
E002359 : A465 Abergavenny to Hirwaun Dualling, Section Two:Gilwern to Brynmawr (year : 1997)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 07712g

Compiled date : 24-11-2004


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