Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone W of Maesyderwyn Lane
Llandinam, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolwen, Llandinam, Powys, designated on 26 November 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 November 1996
- Locality
- Dolwen
- Community
- Llandinam
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.45454, -3.48601
- Cadw reference
- 17781
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in the road verge, 3Km from Llanidloes, and some 75m W of the minor road junction to Maesyderwyn.
History
The Newtown to Llanidloes road was turnpiked in 1769 as the First District under the Montgomery Turnpike Acts. The mile marker stones were erected subsequent to this.
Exterior
A rectangular pillar of sandstone, approximately 0.6m high, inscribed on the face 11/NEWT/LLANI/2 1/2 .
Reason for designation
Included as one of a small number of surviving milestones and illustrative of the road management system initiated in the C18.
Nearby in the register
- Middle Esgair CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Berth-ddu barnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Gilfach cottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- PwllpriddNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.