Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A487 at Blaenporth
Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Blaenporth, Aberporth, Ceredigion, designated on 20 June 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 June 1995
- Locality
- Blaenporth
- Community
- Aberporth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.10957, -4.53527
- Cadw reference
- 16085
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to S of A487 at Blaenporth approximately 300m E of Lady Road to LLechryd.
History
Earlier C19 Milestone. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Exterior
Freestanding white painted stone milestone, approximately 0.6m high by 0.4m wide by 0.25m deep, inscribed
To
Cardigan
6 miles
Reason for designation
Included as a relic of earlier C19 transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Blaenporth Mound and Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rhyd IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel BrynmairReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.