Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone opposite Banwen Place
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lower Brynamman, Ammanford, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 2 August 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 2 August 2002
- Locality
- Lower Brynamman
- Town
- Ammanford
- Community
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80588, -3.87312
- Cadw reference
- 26821
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in Lower Brynamman on the SE side of Amman Road some 400m SW of the road bridge over the Afon Aman.
History
Early C19 milestone on old turnpike road from Llangadoc to Neath.
Exterior
Milestone, grey limestone with face inscribed 'Neath XII Llangadock ?? (figures eroded)' and with benchmark inscribed beneath.
Reason for designation
Included for special transport history interest marking route of an old turnpike road.
Nearby in the register
- Brynamman War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Furnace bank at former Amman Iron WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.