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Milestone

Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Nanhoron, Pwllheli, Llanengan, Gwynedd, designated on 1 April 1998.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone, Llanengan, 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
1 April 1998
Locality
Nanhoron
Town
Pwllheli
Community
Llanengan
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.85400, -4.54931
Cadw reference
19616

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Situated on N side of B4413 some 10m W of junction with B4415 E of Nanhoron near Rhydgaled.

C19 slate milestone on B4413 Pwllheli to Aberdaron road.

Milestone, grey slate with angled corners. Incised capital letters: 'MLS. PWLLHELI 8 SARN 3 ABERDARON 9'.

One of a series of similar slate milestones on the Llyn, of interest in the history of transport in the area.

Nearby in the register

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

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