Pont y Porthmyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2001. Bridge.

Pont y Porthmyn

WRENN ID
brooding-spire-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2001
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont y Porthmyn, Pont Rhyd-Y-Fen, Llanycil, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 803 398
Coordinates
52.94237, -3.78207
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont y Porthmyn is a single-span vernacular bridge featuring rough-dressed voussoirs that form a depressed pointed arch. The bridge does not have parapets, and it is likely that it never had them.

Local climate

Pont y Porthmyn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 91% 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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