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Milestone at Keepers' Cottage

Bronllys, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Erwood, Bronllys, Powys, designated on 15 December 1995.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone at Keepers' Cottage, Bronllys, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
15 December 1995
Locality
Erwood
Community
Bronllys
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.06143, -3.29350
Cadw reference
16640

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1898 · 197 Hay (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Located at the back of the road verge against the driveway to Keeper's Cottage, close to the parish boundary between Llyswen and Llandefalle parishes

Exterior

16640
Description: A late C18 turnpike milestone. A painted sandstone pillar with a rounded top, bearing incised and painted lettering reading:
HAY / 10 / Builth / 9
Included as a monument to the turnpike era of road transport.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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