Stanley Embankment is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 January 1998. Embankment.

Stanley Embankment

WRENN ID: open-column-yew
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Isle of Anglesey
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 19 January 1998
Type: Embankment
Source: Cadw listing

Description

A large embankment built on a natural terrace across the strait, faced with stone and with modern rubble walling either side to protect against storm damage. The embankment is 1189m (1,300 yds) in length, 4.87m (16ft) high, the base is 34.75m (114ft) wide tapering to a width of 10.36m (34ft) at the top. The embankment carries the A5(T) road carriage along its eastern side and the main Euston to Holyhead railway to the west, a tall rubble masonry wall dividing the two and a smaller rubble masonry wall along the east side of the A5(T).

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