Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone S of Talybont
Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 September 1997
- Locality
- Talybont
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Ceulanamaesmawr
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.48172, -3.98608
- Cadw reference
- 18897
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 W side of A 487 some 350m S of Talybont Square, opposite minor lane to Penrhyncoch.
History
Earlier C19 milestone with cast-iron plate, one of a series on Aberystwyth to Machynlleth road.
Exterior
Round-headed stone with affixed round-headed iron plaque with roll border. Marked `ABERYSTWYTH 7 MILES', raised lozenge below. Benchmark on stone below.
Reason for designation
Included for historic interest as survival of the turnpike road system of the region.
Nearby in the register
- Cwm Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Dyeing Shed, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Upper Building, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Riverside Building, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.