Laugharne - Coran Bridge - Carmarthenshire, Wales.
N 51° 46.147 W 004° 27.768
30U E 399064 N 5736371
Coran Bridge - probably constructed for Horse & Carts before 1834. Now a footpath for Dylan's Birthday Walk. The stone bridge over the tiny Coran River. Leading to Dylan's Boathouse, from the Car park in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQC1W
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/01/2016
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Laugharne Township - Coran Bridge;
This small stone arch bridge over the tiny Coran River, which is little more than a tidal stream most of the time.
Coran Bridge a listed protected structure, built Circa 1800's a few yards downstream from a small ford crossing.
Dylan's Birthday Walk crosses over this bridge, or he may have decided to get his feet wet & ford the river, a few yards upstream of this bridge. The walk from this bridge, going West along the foreshore passes Laugharne Castle, & leads to Dylan's boathouse.
In 1944, Dylan wrote 'Poem in October' about his birthday walk, to the shoulder of Sir John's hill. The poem is simply about his love of Laugharne and getting older. The poem was set on the 27th of October, 1944; his 30th Birthday. The estuary sounds and the memory of the herons awaiting the tide were on his mind.
Coran Bridge, Newbridge Street, Laugharne Township
"Small early C19 (shown on 1834 survey map) rubble single track bridge over the River Coran. Lightly cambered; paired segmental arches with voussoirs and modern base to centre pier. Parapets flanking the roadway and terminating at the end of the abutment." Text Source; (
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