Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A487
Llansantffraed, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 30 April 1996
- Locality
- Llanon
- Community
- Llansantffraed
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.28115, -4.17768
- Cadw reference
- 17905
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 the W side of the A487 in the centre of Llanon, approximately 80m S of the Central Hotel by the house called 'Mile End'.
History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Aberystwyth road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Exterior
Freestanding white-painted milestone with curved top, approximately 80cm high by 40cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads
ABERYSTWYTH
11
MILES
The word 'ABERYSTWYTH' is inscribed following the curved top of the milestone.
Reason for designation
Included as an historically interesting relic of transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- LevantDomesticunder 1 mi
- RhiwlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- BrynllysDomesticunder 1 mi
- ArdwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.