Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on A486
Troedyraur, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 4 June 1996
- Locality
- Bwlchygroes
- Community
- Troedyraur
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.09398, -4.36880
- Cadw reference
- 17618
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 some 300m N of Bwlchygroes crossroad on W side of road.
History
C19 milepost on Llandysul to New Quay road, probably made by Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth.
Exterior
Painted cast-iron triangular plan milepost, hollow, with two faces, one reading NEW QUAY 10 MILES, the other LLANDYSSUL 5 MILES. Chamfered triangular sloping top and raised rolled border. Some damage to left hand side.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a series of similar mileposts with historic interest on A 486.
Nearby in the register
- Dinas CerdinDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dinas CerdinHillfortunder 1 mi
- Cwm Hyar including Forecourt Wall & GatepiersDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milepost on A486Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.