Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on A486
Troedyraur, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ffostrasol, Troedyraur, Ceredigion, designated on 4 June 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 4 June 1996
- Locality
- Ffostrasol
- Community
- Troedyraur
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.10545, -4.37380
- Cadw reference
- 17622
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)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 300m NE of Ffostrasol shop, on W side of road.
History
Mid C19 cast-iron milestone on Llandysul to New Quay turnpike road. Mileposts on this road were made by the Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth (makers plaque buried here).
Exterior
Painted cast-iron triangular-plan milepost, hollow, with two faces, one reading NEW QUAY 9 MILES, the other LLANDYSSUL 6 MILES. Chamfered triangular sloping top and raised rolled border.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a series of similar mileposts of historic interest on A 486.
Nearby in the register
- Milepost on A486Transportunder 1 mi
- Dinas CerdinHillfortunder 1 mi
- Dinas CerdinDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St CynonReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.