'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1968. Bridge.
'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn
- WRENN ID
- final-portal-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1968
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- 'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn, Nant Glaslyn, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 648 527
- Coordinates
- 53.05464, -4.01762
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Roman Bridge is a vernacular 3-span clapper footbridge located over the Afon Glaslyn. The southernmost span and the associated boulder-built ramp are modern additions. The bridge features irregular boulder platforms with crude cutwaters on both the upstream and downstream sides. The two northernmost spans are formed by cyclopean slate-stone slabs. At the northern end, there are rubble piers flanking a modern gate. The overall length of the bridge is approximately 20 meters.
Local climate
'Roman Bridge' over the Afon Glaslyn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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