Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone near Tan-yr-allt
Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, designated on 23 May 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 23 May 1996
- Locality
- Ciliau Aeron
- Community
- Ciliau Aeron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.20397, -4.17673
- Cadw reference
- 17524
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1848 · 57. Tregaron, SW Quad. (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on E side of A482, 0.2km SE of Tan-yr-allt.
History
Early/mid C19. This section of road was maintained by the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which received its first Act in 1770.
Exterior
White painted milestone, standing approximately 60cm high. Rounded top with bench-mark to edge. Inscription (upper part following curve of top) reads:
ABERAYRON
5
MILES
LAMPETER
8
Reason for designation
Listed as an historically interesting survival of early road transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Tan-yr-alltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont NewyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Green GroveDomesticunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.