Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Churchstoke, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 1 October 1996
- Locality
- Mellington
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Churchstoke
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.52846, -3.09451
- Cadw reference
- 17360
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the N side of the B4385 in the grass verge in Mellington.
Exterior
C18. Rectangular, sandstone upright with rounded top. A cast iron plate also with rounded head is fixed to the front face. It is painted white and has a rounded, black painted rim. The stonework above is also painted white. There is an inscribed bench mark below it. The plate displays letters in relief and in capitals, which read:
Miles
From
MT,Gomery 31/2
BPS, Castle. 5
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved milestone characteristic of turnpike roads. Association with other milestones and a toll house along the B4385.
Nearby in the register
- Mellington GatehouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lower Mellington FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall LodgeLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- The Old CourthouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.