Bryn Railroad. Three-arched viaduct built to carry the Bryn Railroad over the River Afan. Viewed from location SN 787 923. The viaduct dates from c1840 or earlier, possibly 1810. April 1963 (1)
Built of coursed rubble sandstone with 3 elliptical arches of dressed-face voussoirs, with rubble vaults springing from 2 narrow piers and from curving abutments. There are dressed stone triangular cutwater8s which step in towards the top, to both sides of the piers. The parapets are in rougher stonework and may be later additions. They are partly missing. The bridge is unusually wide and may have carried a double line of track.
ROMA ID: 023250E