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
- Pentre
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Churchstoke
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.52373, -3.07375
- Cadw reference
- 17363
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 B 4385 in the grass verge
Exterior
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 rim. The stonework above the plate is also white painted, and there is an inscribed bench mark below it. The plate displays letters in relief, which read:
Miles
From
Mt,Gomery 4 1/2
Bps, Castle. 4
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
- Pentre HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pentre MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- The MeadowsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pentre HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.