Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at Pont-gam
Llanelly, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont-gam, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, designated on 27 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 27 July 2000
- Locality
- Pont-gam
- Community
- Llanelly
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80645, -3.14774
- Cadw reference
- 23841
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on S side of by-road between Brynmawr and Blackrock. Approximately 2 km W of Blackrock.
History
Contemporary with the construction of the road, built 1812-13 by the Merthyr and Govilon Turnpike Trust.
Exterior
Low milstone with rounded top set in low earth/stone bank. Inscription reads ‘Abergavenny 7’.
Reason for designation
Listed as an important survival of early road transport history.
Nearby in the register
- Devil’s BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Clydach Railroad Section near BrynmawrTramroadunder 1 mi
- Limekilns at Blackrock Limeworks, including Loading-rampIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Revetment of former Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway at DarrenfelenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.