Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone to W of Village
Penbryn, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brynhoffnant, Penbryn, Ceredigion, designated on 20 June 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 June 1995
- Locality
- Brynhoffnant
- Community
- Penbryn
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.13343, -4.45132
- Cadw reference
- 16087
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 on S side of A 487, some 800m W of Brynhoffnant.
History
Early Cl9 milestone on Cardigan to Aberaeron road, for which a Turnpike Trust was formed 1770.
Exterior
Tooled sandstone milestone with whitewashed face inscribed "To Cardigan 10 miles".
Reason for designation
Included as a relic of early C19 transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone on A487Transportunder 1 mi
- Milestone to W of VillageTransportunder 1 mi
- Castell S of Pen-y-FoelHillfort1 mi
- Penmorfa Calvinistic Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.