Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm Cewydd, Machynlleth, Mawddwy, Gwynedd, designated on 4 November 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 4 November 1999
- Locality
- Cwm Cewydd
- Town
- Machynlleth
- Community
- Mawddwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.69974, -3.65601
- Cadw reference
- 22581
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 150 Dinas-Mawddwy (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The milestone stands in the grass verge on the N side of the main road, near the access drive to Dugoed Bach farm.
History
The milestone is on a new turnpiked section of the the old Welshpool to Machynlleth road set out in the early C19, and running from the surviving toll house (Tyrpeg) to Penrhiwcul, below the course of the former road.
Exterior
The milestone is of slate, a flat slab painted white, with a cut inscription reading MACHYNLLETH/ 13 MILES / MALLWYD 1 1/2 / CAN-OFFICE 10 1/2
Reason for designation
Included as one of the only two surviving milestones on the new turnpike line of the main arterial road through central Wales, the only one to survive in its entirety.
Nearby in the register
- GweinionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm building at GweinionAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Dugoed-mawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont WrysgenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.