Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on W side of B4337
Llanfihangel Ystrad, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 October 1996
- Locality
- Cribyn
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Llanfihangel Ystrad
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14916, -4.15888
- Cadw reference
- 17438
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of B4337, 1km NE of Cribyn.
History
Mid/late C19 cast-iron milepost made by the Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth. This section of road was managed by the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which was set up in 1770.
Exterior
Cast-iron milepost with two-faced angled front, bevelled to sloping top. Left side reads: "Temple Bar 2 Miles". Right side reads: "Llanybyther 6 Miles". Base signed: "Eagle Foundry Co., Aberystwyth".
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a survival of early road transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Cob Cottage in Village Centre (originally called Troedrhiwfallen)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Gaer Fach Defended EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Milestone on S side of by-road near Pen-wern MillsTransportunder 1 mi
- Ffynon-oerDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.