Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mile marker
Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tythegston, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, designated on 29 January 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1999
- Locality
- Tythegston
- Community
- Merthyr Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.50169, -3.64272
- Cadw reference
- 21227
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Approximately 0.6km NE of Tythegston hamlet.
Exterior
C19 cast iron, V-shaped milepost with ramped top. Painted black and white with lettering in relief: 'Porthcawl 4 1/8, Bridgend 3, Newton Nottage 3'.
Reason for designation
Good example of a C19 mile marker.
Nearby in the register
- Gate piers to Tythegston CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tythegston Long BarrowLong Barrowunder 1 mi
- Tythegston CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St TudwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.