Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at Bryn Du
Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 January 1999
- Locality
- Bryn Du
- Community
- Llannon
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.76541, -4.11451
- Cadw reference
- 21084
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Beside road from Llannon to Crosshands, 1km north of Llannon church.
History
The road from Llandeilo to Llannon was part of the Three Commotts Turnpike Trust system established in the late C18.
Exterior
Late C18 milestone of limestone bearing the lettering: "From / Llandilo / 11 Miles / To / Llanelly / 6 1/2". The stone is about 500mm high by about 350mm wide, and projects about 50mm from the face of a garden wall into which it is now built. The top is neatly rounded.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Gravestone with Railings within St Non's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Railings and Gates of St Non's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lofted stable range at Llwyd Coed Fawr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Llwyd Coed Fawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.