Caerhowel Bridge

An earlier bridge was built around 1250 and was called Baldwin's Bridge. It was possibly destroyed sometime in the latter half of the 13th century although later records recorded a timber bridge at the site around 1600; it had various names such as Montgomery Bridge, Severn Bridge or New Bridge. Penson commissioned the present bridge which was cast at Brymbo Iron Foundry and became third iron-cast bridge in Montgomeryshire. The bridge's Grade II listed status was conferred onto it on 30 March 1983.

Caerhowel Bridge is located approximately 0.62 mi south of the A483 road at Garthmyl and the bridge carries the B4385 road. The bridge is made of cast-iron, with stone abutments and one central pier. It is 6.6 m wide and is broader than its equivalents in the villages of Llandinam and Abermule. The bridge's pier extends to the east (upstream) side which forms a low-level cutwater. Its deck is installed with cast-iron outer girders with raised panel ornament which bear the inscriptions 'Thomas Penson County Surveyor 1858' and 'Brymbo Company Iron Founders 1858'. The bridge has two symmetrical arches which have a span of 22.1 m and consist of five parallel lattice X-shaped ribs which are 760…