Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at the junction of Old Road and Thorney Road
Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2000
- Locality
- Baglan
- Community
- Baglan
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62582, -3.81761
- Cadw reference
- 22812
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately S of the junction with Thorney Road.
History
Erected in the 3rd quarter of the C19 and first shown on the 1880 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A stone milestone with a segmental head. It is engraved:
WESTERN/DISTRICT/NEATH/3/ABERAVON/5
A further line is illegible due to the concrete surround around the stone.
Reason for designation
Listed for historical interest as illustrating C19 transport history in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Rehoboth Chapel Sunday SchoolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rehoboth Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 18 Neath RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
- Dock walls and gate between inner dock and outer basin at Briton Ferry DocksMaritimeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.