Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone near Wernbongam
Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wernbongam farm, 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
- Wernbongam farm
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Llanarthney
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.84228, -4.16064
- Cadw reference
- 21765
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)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the north-east side of the B4310 beside the entrance to Glen, 1km west of Middleton Hall
History
The road from Porthyrhyd to Pont Llandeilo-yr-ynys was part of the Three Commotts Turnpike Trust system established in the late C18.
Exterior
Late C18 milestone of limestone which bears the lettering: "From / Nantgaredig / 3 Miles / To / Porthyrhyd / 1 ¾." The stone is about 500mm high by about 400mm wide.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-C18 milestone of characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Ice House of Middleton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- BrynhawddgarDomesticunder 1 mi
- Rear stable block of Middleton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Block of Middleton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.