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Neath River Navigation, Aberdulais Cut

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 06890w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Tonna
Unitary authority : Neath Port Talbot
NGR : SS7727999403
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL canalised river

Summary :
Navigable cut, by-passing a weir on the River Neath Navigation at Aberdulais, later used as a leat to supply water to Aberdulais Tinplate Works.

Description :
550m-long navigable cut, by-passing a weir on the River Neath Navigation at Aberdulais, with a lock at each end. The cut follows a line from SS77379899 to SS77279941.

Presumably predates the construction of the Neath Canal as a feature to improve navigation, but much of the channel is still shown on historic OS 25 mapping, where it appears to be in use as a leat to supply water to the lower site of the Aberdulais Tinplate Works (PRN 01085w).

This is the feature which necessitated the insertion of the cast-iron aqueduct trough for the Tennant Canal (01070.6w),which continuing the line of the masonry aqueduct over the natural course of the River Neath.

Sources :

Events :

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01070.6w
National Monuments Record NPRN 91414 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/91414/details
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01085w

Compiled date : 26-07-2012


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