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Milestone opposite Bryn goleu

Pentir, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pentir, Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 22 September 1997.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone opposite Bryn goleu, Pentir, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
22 September 1997
Locality
Pentir
Town
Bangor
Community
Pentir
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.18142, -4.13056
Cadw reference
18905

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Located on the verge of the road from Pentir to Caernarfon.

History

Milestones were erected in the early C19 along the turnpiked road leading to Caernarfon. This milestone however was omitted from the 1st edition OS map Caernarvon XI.8 of 1889, and has been relocated here some metres from its original site c1914 when the road was straightened.

Exterior

A monolithic slate slab with chamfered top corners, deeply incised with the inscription CARNARVON 7 MILES / LLANDDEINIOLEN 2 1/4 / FELINHEN 1 1/4 / BETHESDA 4.

Reason for designation

Included as one of the few well preserved and legible milestones along this road.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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