Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telford Milestone (10), west of Gwalchmai
Bryngwran, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwalchmai, Bryngwran, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 22 September 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 September 1998
- Date of amendment
- 16 March 2021
- Welsh name
- Carreg Filltir Telford (10), i'r gorllewin o Gwalchmai
- Locality
- Gwalchmai
- Community
- Bryngwran
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26013, -4.42980
- Cadw reference
- 20513
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Set within a low rubble field wall alongside the N side of the A5(T), W of the village of Gwalchmai and c.1km WNW of the church of St. Morhiairn.
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.
Exterior
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 10 / MONA / 3 / BANGOR / 15.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
Nearby in the register
- Melin GwalchmaiIndustrialunder 1 mi
- War memorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St. MorhaiarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St. PeulanReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.