Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone SW of Castell Pigyn
Llanarth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castell Pigyn, Llanarth, Ceredigion, designated on 16 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 February 1996
- Locality
- Castell Pigyn
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.20338, -4.29735
- Cadw reference
- 17727
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 on S side of A 487 some 150m SW of Castell Pigyn, 1.2 km NE of Llanarth.
History
Early C19 milestone on Cardigan to Aberystwyth road, turnpike trust formed 1770. Similar to stones from Aberaeron to Cardigan.
Exterior
Whitewashed stone milestone inscribed: " TO CARDIGAN 19 MILES".
Reason for designation
Included as relic of transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Former Capel FronwenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- North ParadeDomesticunder 1 mi
- TalybrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.