Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone near Penderi
Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 January 1999
- Locality
- Penderi
- Community
- Llannon
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73760, -4.12059
- Cadw reference
- 21091
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
2.5km south of Llannon church, 200m north of the turning to Penderi, on the road to Llanelli.
History
The road from Llannelli 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 / 13 miles / To / Llanelly 4 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
- Cwmllethryd Fawr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Afon MorlaisTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Afon Morlais (partly in Llannon Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Milestone on Heol MorlaisTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.