Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on B4337 at Alltyblaca
Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 25 April 1997
- Locality
- Alltyblaca
- Community
- Llanwenog
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.08887, -4.15788
- Cadw reference
- 18366
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 NW side of the B4337, in the centre of Alltyblaca approximately 330m S of the chapel.
History
Mid/late C19 cast-iron milepost made by the Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth. This section of road was managed by the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which was set up in 1770.
Exterior
Cast-iron milepost with two-faced angled front, bevelled to sloping top.
Left side reads: The right side reads:
TEMPLE BAR LLANBYTHER
7 1
MILES MILE
Base signed: Eagle foundary Co., Aberystwyth.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a survival of early road transport history of the region.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-rhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Troed-rhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- The VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A475 to W of LlanwnnenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.