Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone off A487 at Henfynyw
Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 February 1996
- Locality
- Henfynyw
- Community
- Henfynyw
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.22581, -4.27114
- Cadw reference
- 17743
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 a layby off the A487 some 500m N of Ffos-y-ffin Chapel.
History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Aberystwyth road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Exterior
Freestanding white-painted milestone with slightly curved top, approximately 65cm high by 35cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads
TO
CARDIGAN
21 MILES
Reason for designation
Included as an historically interesting relic of transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Ffos-y-ffin ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St David's WellDomesticunder 1 mi
- Delfryn CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- SychpantDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.