Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Mochdre, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penstrowed, Mochdre, Powys, designated on 26 September 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 September 1996
- Locality
- Penstrowed
- Community
- Mochdre
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51811, -3.38752
- Cadw reference
- 17330
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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the A489, S side, opposite the entrance to Ty Mawr farm.
History
On the Newtown to Llanidloes Turnpike, established after the Montgomeryshire Turnpike Act of 1769.
Exterior
Stone, c0.5m high, hammer dressed to the front and sides, with the rear unworked. On the front, letters have been cut in reading 'NEWT 4' and 'LLANI 91/2'. An Ordnance Survey bench mark has been cut in subsequently.
Reason for designation
A well preserved milestone of late C18 date.
Nearby in the register
- PentreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bron-Felin Mound & Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- Rhydlydan MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Aberhafesp HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.