Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milemarker at roadside about 200m NW of Llandrinio Hall
Llandrinio, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 December 1994
- Locality
- Llandrinio
- Community
- Llandrinio
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.75052, -3.05566
- Cadw reference
- 15407
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
History
Early C19. Cast iron, made by Turner Bros. Newtown.
Exterior
Two sides of a triangle facing the carriageway, with an inclined top surmounted by a semi-circular head. Inscription reading, on left "LLANFYLLIN 11M"; on right "ALBERBURY 5M"; and around head, "SHREWSBURY 14M". It has been reset against a house wall, approximately 30m W of its original position.
Reason for designation
A mile marker erected after the second Montgomeryshire Turnpike Act (1803) and one of the very few markers to survive on this road.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuilding, formerly of Llandrinio HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden WallsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llandrinio HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuildings, formerly of Llandrinio HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.