Pant-y-Goitre Bridge crosses the
River Usk
The River Usk (; cy, Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it fl ...
between
Abergavenny
Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...
and
Usk near the village of
Llanfair Kilgeddin
Llanfair Kilgeddin ( cy, Llanfair Cilgedin) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, lying within the administrative community of Llanover. It is located four miles north west of Usk and six miles south east of Abergavenny on the B4 ...
. The bridge carries the
B4598. It was constructed in 1821 by the engineer
John Upton.
History
The bridge was designed and built in 1821 by John Upton as part of the improvements to the Abergavenny to Usk
turnpike road.
Upton also undertook other work in the immediate vicinity, including the
Llanellen Bridge and churches at
Llanvihangel Gobion and
Llangattock-juxta-Usk.
Description
The bridge is constructed of
ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
,
and has three spans, with
spandrel circular voids. The architectural historian
John Newman describes the bridge as, "an unusual and handsome design". The bridge is a
Grade II* listed structure.
Notes
References
* {{Cite book
, last=Newman, first=John
, authorlink=John Newman (architectural historian)
, series=The Buildings of Wales
, title=Gwent/Monmouthshire
, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&dq=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2
, year=2000
, publisher=Penguin
, location=London
, isbn=0-14-071053-1
Grade II* listed bridges in Wales
Bridges in Monmouthshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire
Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire
Stone bridges in the United Kingdom
Bridges over the River Usk