Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone opposite to Llanarthney Church
Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1999
- Locality
- Llanarthney village
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Llanarthney
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86130, -4.13018
- Cadw reference
- 21742
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
In Llanarthney village, immediately opposite to the lychgate of the parish church. It is behind a fence and heavily overgrown with ivy.
History
The road through Llanarthney to Carmarthen was part of the Three Commotts Turnpike Trust system established in the late C18.
Exterior
Late C18 milestone of limestone the face of which is obscured but which is assumed to bear the lettering: "FROM / Carmarthen / 8 Miles / TO / LLandilo / 6 ¾." The stone is about 800mm high by about 350mm wide.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate of St David's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St David (also known as Church of St Arthneu or St Arthney).Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Llanarthney National SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Old SmithyIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.