Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fingerpost at Pen-y-bont Bridge
Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanvihangel Crucorney, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire, designated on 29 January 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1998
- Date of amendment
- 7 December 2022
- Welsh name
- Arwyddbost ym Mhont Pen-y-bont
- Locality
- Llanvihangel Crucorney
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Crucorney
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88218, -2.98242
- Cadw reference
- 19265
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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Outside Bridge Cottage at Pen-y-bont about 300m north of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
History
Erected by Monmouth County Council after the 1888 Local Government Act gave responsibility for roads to each County Council, so late C19 or early C20, but first shown on the 1945 OS map in the middle of the road from Llanvihangel Crucorney.
The arm pointing to Llanthony was missing when inspected in 1998, now repaired / or more likely replaced (2022).
Exterior
Cast iron finger post with cylindrical base and fluted shaft, banded black-and-white, and surmounted by a pyramidal finial. Three moveable arms with pointing fingers: LONGTOWN 6 MILES / ABERGAVENNY 4 1/2 MILES / LLANTHONY 6 MILES.
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding the replacement of one of the arms, for its special interest, as a good surviving example of a late C19 / early C20 fingerpost, a type of street furniture once common but now increasingly rare.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-y-bont BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- MillbrookDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Skirrid Inn, with attached barnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Twr Mihangel (formerly known as Treturret)Defenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.