Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost at Cynheidre
Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 October 1998
- Locality
- Cynheidre
- Community
- Llanelli Rural
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74521, -4.18926
- Cadw reference
- 20531
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
150 m north of the crossroads at Cynheidre.
History
The turnpike road through Cynheidre was part of the late C18 Three Commotts Turnpike Trust system, taken into unified management with the other S Wales turnpikes c.1845 in the wake of the Rebecca riots. A cast-iron milepost is likely to be of the latter approximate date.
Exterior
Cast-iron milepost, consisting of a single casting standing about 600 mm high plus a separate capping. Each face of the post is about 350 mm wide, the faces meeting at 90 degrees. At left "TO LLANELLY 5 [MILES]", at right "TO CARMARTHEN 10 [MILES]" in boldly raised serif lettering, the letters of the town names being set out in arch form. The capping casting presents an inclined triangular face over each main face, the triangles meeting at the apex. The capping is not bolted to the main casting. No foundry mark seen.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a cast-iron milepost of the period of rationalisation of the South Wales turnpikes.
Nearby in the register
- Dan y Banc farmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Dan y Banc Farm BuildingsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Milepost at PontyatesTransportunder 1 mi
- Horeb Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.