Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales
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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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (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.