Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on Mountain Road to Aberystwyth
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mountain Road to Aberystwyth, Rhayader, Powys, designated on 31 July 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 31 July 1995
- Locality
- Mountain Road to Aberystwyth
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.33133, -3.59830
- Cadw reference
- 16229
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Approximately 800m E of junction with Elan Valley Road, near junction with farm track.
Exterior
Early C19 milestone, stone, round head, circa 0.75m high. Inscription
" Aberystwyth 25 Rhayader 4+".
Nearby in the register
- Esgairperfedd Marching CampMarching Camp1 mi
- Carn Wen cairnPlatform Cairn2 mi
- Carn Nant-y-ffald cairnRound Cairn2 mi
- Attached Agricultural Range to Nannerth Ffwrdd FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistence2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.