Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Croesywaun, Waunfawr, Gwynedd, designated on 21 July 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1999
- Locality
- Croesywaun
- Community
- Waunfawr
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11603, -4.21598
- Cadw reference
- 22046
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on Ffordd Waenfawr (Waenfawr Road) immediately to the north-west of Croesywaun; set in a low rubblestone block field boundary wall.
History
Early to mid-C19 milestone relating to the turnpike road first established in the 1820s.
Exterior
Slate-stone with simple chamfered top edge set in boundary wall. Inscribed "MILES" to top right corner with below "BEDDGELLERT 10/ RHYD-DDU 6/ WAENFAWR 3/4/ CARNARVON 3".
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a turnpike road milestone, a well-preserved example of a characteristic local type.
Nearby in the register
- Ty'n TwllDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel CroesywaunReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tegannedd, Ty Capel and Sunday School/VestryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Awel-y-morDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.