Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone 170m W of Gerddigwynin
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 25 February 1999
- Locality
- Cynghordy
- Town
- Llandovery
- Community
- Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.04799, -3.72423
- Cadw reference
- 21398
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on S side of road to Tirabad some 1.3km from Glanbran Arms.
History
Milestone on old Roman road into Breconshire, probably early C18.
Exterior
Milestone, roughly squared stone with inscription 'TO LLANDOVERY 5 MILES' and benchmark below.
Reason for designation
Included for historical interest as indication of route of former turnpike road, since replaced by A 483.
Nearby in the register
- PantyrhedynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cynghordy HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glanbran Arms Inn including former barn range to left.Recreationalunder 1 mi
- TawelfanReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.