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Neath Abbey Ironworks: Afon Clydach Early Railway Bridge

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NPRN34834
Map ReferenceSS79NW
Grid ReferenceSS7380697955
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityDyffryn Clydach
Type Of SiteRAILWAY BRIDGE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
An early horse-drawn railway or tramroad bridge, with moulded copper slag coping and squinch lintels, spans the River Clydach. It has two arches; the smaller arch, on the west side, took the water supply from the pound retained by the adjacent weir (nprn 407294) set across the river. The bridge plan accommodated a very tight double-curve on the railway hence the north-east side of the bridge is corbelled-out to support the deck at that point. The tramroad probably ran to Neath Abbey Ironworks (nprn 85096). There is a charging platform at the top of the bank on the west side of the bridge, which may have been associated with the adjacent quarry.
RCAHMW, 11 March 2009.