Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost 1km S on A486
Llanarth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 February 1996
- Locality
- Synod Inn
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.15549, -4.33352
- Cadw reference
- 17739
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 E side of road, some 300m S of drive to Pantsod
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 5 MILES and LLANDYSSUL 10 MILES". Triangular sloping top and roll edges.
Reason for designation
Included as relic of transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Crug Cou Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Milestone near Blaen-waun fawrTransportunder 1 mi
- Milestone outside DolcoedTransportunder 1 mi
- Milepost at Post-bachTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.