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Clawdd Du Bridge

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 04104g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Monmouth
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO5024912339
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Bridge
Status : listed building II*

Summary :
14th Century bridge crossing the defensive bank and ditch of Clawdd Du built to protect Over Monnow.

Description :
14th Century bridge crossing the defensive bank and ditch of Clawdd Du built to protect Over Monnow.

There was probably a bridge here in the fouteenth century when the outer defences were strengthened against the threat of Welsh insurgency and to protect the increasingly populous suburb of Overmonnow. It might be expected that the first bridge would have been a timber one which could easily be removed and that the permanent stone one would only have been built in less troubled times. The present bridge appears seventeenth century in character and has undergone various repairs and rebuildings.



Sources :
Cadw , Listed Buildings Description
The Handley Partnership , HAAbase built heritage assessment system: Buildings at Risk database

Events :
E006363 : Clawdd Du, Monmouth, Monmouthshire (year : 2013)

Related records
11856g
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01262g

Compiled date : 03-08-1988


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