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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ]; Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.
The park is connected to the Cefn Mawr Heritage Trail, [9] a longer circular walk, [10] and the Viaduct - Aqueduct Walk. [2] [11] It is also located near the Offa's Dyke National Trail [12] and parts of Offa's Dyke on the otherside of the River Dee. Wooden sculpture of the Cefn Viaduct from a tree trunk in the park.
Wrexham County Borough is in north-east Wales, straddling the ancient border earthwork Offa's Dyke.There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke, and are in the main burial mounds and hillforts on the uplands.
A notable feature of the canal is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford. Opened in 1805, the aqueduct is more than 300 metres (980 ft) long and 38 metres (125 ft) above the valley floor. It has 19 stone arches, each with a 45-foot (14 metre) span.
Pontcysyllte aqueduct, known as "the stream in the sky" is part of a Unesco world heritage site [Reuters] While Telford's aqueduct took 10 years to design and build before being finished in 1805 ...
The AONB extends over part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), designated on 27 June 2009, before the AONB's extension to the area. The WHS includes sites within the AONB such as Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Horseshoe Falls, and parts of the Llangollen Canal.
Pont Cysyllte, or Cysylltau Bridge Aerial view of Pont Cysyllte. Pont Cysyllte, [1] [2] also known as Cysylltau Bridge [1] [2] or Bont Bridge, [3] is a 17th-century road bridge crossing the River Dee near the village of Trevor, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
It is the highest canal aqueduct in England and the highest masonry-arch aqueduct in Britain. The difference in water levels in the river and canal is some 90 feet (27 m) (exceeded only by the Pontcysyllte aqueduct , an iron trough carried on stone columns, where the difference is 126 feet (38 m)).