Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone in Pontyberem village
Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pontyberem Village, Llanelli, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, designated on 5 February 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 5 February 1999
- Locality
- Pontyberem Village
- Town
- Llanelli
- Community
- Pontyberem
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.77782, -4.17073
- Cadw reference
- 21295
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To the east side of Llannon Road (B4306).
History
The road through Pontyberem to Llannon was part of the Kidwelly Turnpike Trust system re-established in the late C18 under its Renewal Act of 1779.
Exterior
Late-C18 milestone of limestone bearing the lettering: "From / Carmarthen / 9 Miles / To Llannon / 5". The stone is about 500 mm high by about 400 mm wide, and about 150 mm thick. The top is roughly rounded.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Memorial HallInstitutionalunder 1 mi
- Caersalem Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone in BancffosfelenTransportunder 1 mi
- Disgwylfa farmhouseAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.