Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on the old Monmouth road
Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2001
- Locality
- Raglan
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Mitchel Troy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.76994, -2.83800
- Cadw reference
- 24735
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 about 1km E of Raglan on the N verge of the old A40 just E of junction with new road and 10m beyond by-road to Tregare.
History
Mid to later C19 stone milestone.
Exterior
Stone milestone, once whitewashed, with black painted capital letters reading "To Monmouth 7 Miles, Raglan Police Station 3/4".
Reason for designation
Included for transport history interest, marking the line of the former main road to Monmouth.
Nearby in the register
- Castle FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castell RhaglanCastleunder 1 mi
- Raglan CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- The WarrageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.