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Milestone on B4337

Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cross Inn, Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, designated on 23 May 1996.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone on B4337, Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
23 May 1996
Locality
Cross Inn
Community
Dyffryn Arth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.25119, -4.13513
Cadw reference
17484

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Adjacent to gate post on W side of B4337, about 0.5 km S of Cross Inn.

History: Earlier C19 milestone on Aberystwyth to Lampeter road. Similar to milestone on Aberaeron to Aberystwyth road for which the trust was formed in 1770.

Description: Whitewashed stone with rounded head and inscription: `ABERYSTWYTH 13 LAMPETER 11' , the letters of Aberystwyth following the curve of the head.

Included for its special interest as a relic of earlier transport history.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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