Pont Cych is a single-arch, Grade II- listed bridge over

Afon Cych Afon Cych (standard Welsh orthography: Afon Cuch) is a tributary of the River Teifi in south-west Wales. It is 13 km long, passes through a number of small settlements on the border between Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, and is signific ...

at Cwmcych in the Cych Valley, bordering

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and

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History

The bridge was rebuilt in 1737 (indicating an earlier bridge existed) and probably rebuilt in the 19th century. The CADW citation says: It was listed as the best example of the several bridges over Afon Cych. It carries a minor road that leads to the village of

Llanfyrnach Llanfyrnach () is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is in the electoral ward and community (Wales), community of Crymych. The village of Crymych and the hamlets of Hermon, Pembrokeshire, Hermon, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, G ...

from the Cych valley. The bridge, opposite the former ''Fox and Hounds'' inn, was a meeting place for the Tivyside Hounds for fox hunting in the late 19th century. The north parapet of the bridge carries an Ordnance Survey cut mark, marking a point above mean sea level. There is a recently working hydro-power installation at the bridge, according to the British Hydropower Association's 2014 map of the UK. In 2017, it caused some concern from

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in respect of its construction design.

References

Bridges in Wales Grade II listed bridges in Wales Grade II listed buildings in Pembrokeshire Grade II listed buildings in Carmarthenshire