Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.40210, -4.07419
- Cadw reference
- 10419
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite the junction with Third Avenue.
History
C19.
Exterior
Freestanding triangular shaped whitewashed stone milestone set into a modern rubble embankment. Distances shown in inscribed black lettering to 2 sides both with rounded heads; top reads "Devils Bridge 8 miles" and "Aberystwyth 1 mile".
Reason for designation
One of a group in this area.
Nearby in the register
- Pen Dinas CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Wellington MonumentCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Wall and gate piers at Crugiau LodgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Crugiau LodgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.