Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caeathro, Waunfawr, Gwynedd, designated on 21 July 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1999
- Locality
- Caeathro
- Community
- Waunfawr
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13382, -4.25122
- Cadw reference
- 22047
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (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 the north side of Ffordd Waenfawr (Waenfawr Road) between Caeathro and Caernarfon; set in a low rubblestone 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 12/ RHYD-DDU 8/ WAENFAWR 2/ CARNARVON 1".
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
- Bryn Eden and terrace walls to frontDomesticunder 1 mi
- Grand Lodge to Glan Gwna HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gate piers and walls at entrance to Glan Gwna HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Boundary wall at Bryn EglwysDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.