Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ] full name in Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north east Wales.Completed in 1805 it is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain a Grade I Listed Building and a World Heritage Site.When the bridge was built it linked the villages of Froncysyllte at the southern end of the bridge in the Cysyllte township of Llangollen parish (from where it takes its name) and Trevor (Trefor in Welsh) at the northern end of the bridge in the Trefor Isaf township of Llangollen parish.
