Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone outside Cartref
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 June 1998
- Locality
- Aberdaron
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.80843, -4.71001
- Cadw reference
- 19993
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of B4413 at outer edge of Aberdaron village, some 600m from centre.
History
Milestone, later C19, one of a series of similar milestones on the main roads of the Llyn, presumably indicating a later phase of the turnpike system than the boulder stones on the Uwchmynydd to Rhiw road.
Exterior
Milestone, cut slate slab with top corners cut off inscribed 'Miles, Pwllheli 17, Sarn 6'.
Reason for designation
Included as part of the series of similar stones on the main roads of the region.
Nearby in the register
- BodernabwyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas yr WylanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Aberdaron New ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Melin DaronCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.