Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone N of Bwlchnewydd
Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 September 2000
- Locality
- Bwlchnewydd
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Cynwyl Elfed
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.90466, -4.37914
- Cadw reference
- 23987
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
Situated some 1km N of Bwlchnewyddon, on the E side of the road to Cynwyl Elfed near a junction of minor roads
History
Early C19 milestone on the Bwlchnewydd to Cynwyl Elfed road.
Exterior
Milestone, grey limestone with incised letters 'From CARMARTHEN 5 Miles'.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-lettered milestone on a former turnpike road.
Nearby in the register
- Bwlchnewydd Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Crug Pant y Bugail round barrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Cwm FlowrogDomestic1 mi
- Cynwyl Elfed Anti-invasion DefencesAnti Invasion Defence Site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.