Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone near Ffinnant
Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ffinnant, Carmarthen, Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 May 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1999
- Locality
- Ffinnant
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Llanarthney
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85785, -4.17451
- Cadw reference
- 21752
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)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the B4300 1km east of the turning to Nantgaredig.
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 bearing the lettering: "FROM / Carmarthen / 6 Miles / TO / LLandilo / 8 ¾." The stone is about 800mm high by about 350mm wide, and about 150mm thick. The top is roughly facetted.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone near Pont Llandeilo-yr-ynysTransportunder 1 mi
- Fingerpost on junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd RoadTransportunder 1 mi
- Llandeilo-yr-Ynys FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Llandeilo-yr-ynys (partly in Llanarthney Community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.