Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone 300m south of Tintern Abbey
Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Abbey Tintern, Chepstow, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, designated on 29 September 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 September 2000
- Locality
- Abbey Tintern
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Wye Valley
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69424, -2.67485
- Cadw reference
- 24056
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the west side of the A466 about 300m south of Tintern Abbey.
History
The Wye Valley turnpike was opened in 1829 and was a vital factor in the growth in local tourism in the C19. Previously Tintern could only be reached by road from Devauden and almost all traffic was by river.
Exterior
White limestone block set diagonally with the left face MONMOUTH 11 MILES and the right face CHEPSTOW 7 MILES.
Reason for designation
Included as an early C19 turnpike milestone situated on a road opened in 1828-9 which was a key factor in the development of road vehicle borne tourist traffic in the Wye valley.
Nearby in the register
- Colwell Grove Limekiln and Quarry, TinternLimekilnunder 1 mi
- Tintern AbbeyAbbeyunder 1 mi
- St Anne's HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Abbey Church of St Mary (Tintern Abbey) including monastic buildingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.