Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Talgarth, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 August 1995
- Locality
- Talgarth
- Community
- Talgarth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.99915, -3.23446
- Cadw reference
- 16284
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
Milestone opposite Ty Arfon.
Exterior
Sandstone. Early C19. A vertical slab with rounded top, with incised lettering reading BRECON / 9. Overpainted in black and white, with word 'Miles' added.
Reason for designation
Included as a survival of the provisions of the Brecon to Crickhowell and Abergavenny turnpike.
Nearby in the register
- The ElmsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Great House BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Great HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Shop at Olde Mason's Arms P.H.Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.