Lower Feeder to Glamorganshire Canal, Abercynon

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NPRN91500
Map ReferenceST09SE
Grid ReferenceST0845094937
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityAbercynon
Type Of SiteLEAT
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

1. Feeder leat carrying water along the west bank of the River Taff from Fiddler's Elbow weir (nprn 85416), by an aqueduct (nprn 91501) over the river to the east bank, to the Glamorganshire Canal (nprn 34425) at Abercynon. To the east of the aqueduct is a house called Ty-feeder (nprn 91502).
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 29 June 1998.

2. The footbridge was swept away in a storm surge in February 2020. 

M. Ryder, RCAHMW, 17 June 2022 (information via email from Kelvin Merriott, volunteer for Pontypridd Canal Conservation Group)