Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone south of Upper Tumble
Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 January 1999
- Locality
- Tumble Village
- Community
- Llannon
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.77944, -4.11056
- Cadw reference
- 21092
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 47 Llannon Road, 20m south of junction with Gors Road
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: "Llandilo / 10 Miles / Llanelly / 7 1/2 Miles". 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
- Twll y Car Farmhouse and farm-rangeTransportunder 1 mi
- Llwyd Coed Fawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Llwyd Coed Fawr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lofted stable range at Llwyd Coed Fawr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.