Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 May 2001
- Locality
- Llysfasi
- Community
- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.06148, -3.27320
- Cadw reference
- 25220
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Baside A525 near Llysfasi College of Agriculture
History
Milestone of former Wrexham to Ruthin Turnpike Road.
Exterior
A single block of the local limestone, about 400mm wide by about 200mm deep, and standing about 600mm high, curved at the top and with a flat face. A cast-iron plate with a rounded top is affixed to the stone and carries the wording "Ruthin District / Wrexham 14 / Ruthin 4."
Reason for designation
A mid-C19 milestone in good condition.
Nearby in the register
- DingleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pentre-celyn HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lofted Shed and Cowhouse at Ty'n LlanfairAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn Range at Ty'n LlanfairAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.