Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A475 E of Cwmsychbant
Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwmsychbant, Llanwenog, Ceredigion, designated on 25 April 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 25 April 1997
- Locality
- Cwmsychbant
- Community
- Llanwenog
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.09292, -4.21565
- Cadw reference
- 18369
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the S side of the A475, approximately 650m E of Cwmsychbant village centre.
History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Lampeter road.
Exterior
Free-standing white-painted milestone with slightly curved and damaged top approximately 80cm high by 40cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads:
CARDIGAN
22 MILES
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a survival of early road transport history of the region.
Nearby in the register
- St Gwenog ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A475 W of DrefachTransportunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorative1 mi
- Rhiwson Uchaf house-and-byreDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.