Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on A486
Llanarth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 February 1996
- Locality
- Pentre'r Bryn
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.16984, -4.34184
- Cadw reference
- 17736
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 on W side, some 100m S of Brynrhiwgaled chapel
History
Mid C19 milepost of the type used on New Quay to Llandysul road. These were generally made by the Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth.
Exterior
Painted cast-iron milepost, triangular plan with two faces, marked: " NEW QUAY 4 MILES and LLANDYSSUL 11 MILES". Triangular sloping top and roll edges.
Reason for designation
Included as relic of transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone outside DolcoedTransportunder 1 mi
- Melyn Synod, Synod MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Milestone near Blaen-waun fawrTransportunder 1 mi
- Milestone SE of Croesheddig Hen FarmTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.