Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on B4750 S of Ponthirwaun
Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 15 March 1996
- Locality
- Ponthirwaun
- Community
- Beulah
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.07276, -4.53376
- Cadw reference
- 17974
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on E side of B4570, some 500m S of Pont Hirwaun.
History
Late C18 or early C19 milestone on the earlier of the two turnpike roads from Newcastle Emlyn to Cardigan.
Exterior
Freestanding white-painted stone milestone, approximately 1.2m high by 0.35m wide by 0.25m deep inscribed
TO
CARDIGAN
6 MILES
Reason for designation
Included as a relic of transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Bethesda Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Farm-Court at Blaenpant FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn Range at Blaenpant FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stable Range at BlaenpantDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.