Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone between Crosshands and Tumble
Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 January 1999
- Locality
- Crosshands Village
- Community
- Llannon
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79028, -4.09797
- Cadw reference
- 21087
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
850m south-west of Crosshands crossroads.
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 / 9 Miles / To / Llanelly / 8 1/2". The stone is about 500mm high by about 350mm wide, and about 150mm in thickness. The top is roughly rounded.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Crosshands Public HallInstitutionalunder 1 mi
- Milestone near Blaenau IsafTransportunder 1 mi
- Twll y Car Farmhouse and farm-rangeTransportunder 1 mi
- Milestone south of Upper TumbleTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.