Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Talgarth, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Talgarth, Powys, designated on 14 August 1995.
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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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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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.