Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on E side of A 487
Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 November 1997
- Locality
- Bow Street
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Tirymynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.44744, -4.02402
- Cadw reference
- 19061
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 in rubble stone wall near the centre of Bow Street, on the E side of the A487.
History
Earlier C19 milestone on the Aberystwyth-Machynlleth road, marked on the O.S. map of 1823.
Exterior
Round-headed white-painted stone milestone with picked-work finish, and black lettering following curve of head: ABERYSTWYTH 4 MILES. Bench-mark below.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved local mile-stone, part of the transport history of the region.
Nearby in the register
- PenrhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel y GarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cambrian HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hen Gaer Hilltop EnclosureHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.