Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A487 1Km NE of Tanygroes
Penbryn, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 June 1995
- Locality
- Tanygroes
- Community
- Penbryn
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.12241, -4.49447
- Cadw reference
- 16098
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on S side of road on Staggered junction with lanes to Brongest and Tresaith.
History
Early C19 turnpike trust milestone, Cardigan-Aberaeron Turnpike Trust established 1770.
Exterior
Early C19 stone milestone, whitewashed to front and inscribed "To Cardigan 8 Miles".
Reason for designation
One of a similar series on Cardigan-Aberaeron road, relics of early C19 transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Castell NadoligHillfortunder 1 mi
- Tanygroes Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including Forecourt Walls and RailingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PenralltycorddeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cottage to SE of PenralltycorddeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.