Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boundary stone near Castle Ely Bridge
Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 12 January 2001
- Locality
- Castle Ely
- Town
- Whitland
- Community
- Amroth
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.76356, -4.62353
- Cadw reference
- 24493
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 at Castle Ely Bridge on the SE side of the former A477 (now by-passed to N), approximately 1km E of Llanteg.
History
Early C19 county boundary stone.
Exterior
Boundary stone, grey limestone, canted front with two triangular headed faces and a sloping lozenge-shaped sloping top. The two faces have the county names Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire in incised letters curved over a low relief hand with pointing finger.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-lettered county boundary stone of the early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Castle Heli MoundRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- N Lime Kiln and retaining wall at Castle Ely Quarry.Industrialunder 1 mi
- St Elidyr's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A477, in the verge opposite Myrtle VillaNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.