Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on S side of by-road near Pen-wern Mills
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
- 52.14133, -4.17119
- Cadw reference
- 17439
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 S side of by-road, 150m SE of Pen-wern Mills and 0.6 km W of Cribyn.
History
Late C18. This road was under the management of the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which was set up in 1770.
Exterior
Roughly shaped milestone set in hedge-bank. Smooth face with seraphed lettering reading: "To Cardigan 23 miles". Bench-mark below inscription. Stone thicker at the base.
Reason for designation
Listed for historic interest as a very early survival of early road transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Penlan-hafodwen including attached byre (also known as Penlan-capel)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Stable/carthouse at Penlan-hafodwen (also known as Penlan-capel)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cob Cottage in Village Centre (originally called Troedrhiwfallen)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Penlan-hafodwen (also known as Penlan-capel)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.