Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A487
Llangrannog, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brynhoffnant, Llangrannog, Ceredigion, designated on 2 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 2 February 1996
- Locality
- Brynhoffnant
- Community
- Llangrannog
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14016, -4.43267
- Cadw reference
- 16709
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the S side of the A487, approximately 200m SW of the New Inn.
History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Aberystwyth road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Exterior
Freestanding white-painted milestone approximately 60cm high by 40cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads
TO
CARDIGAN
11 MILES
Reason for designation
Included as an historically interesting relic of transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Castell S of Pen-y-FoelHillfortunder 1 mi
- Milestone to W of VillageTransportunder 1 mi
- Capel FfynonReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Maerdy GaerEnclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.