Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A4059 SE of Tir-yr-onen
Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penderyn, Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 6 August 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 6 August 2002
- Locality
- Penderyn
- Town
- Hirwaun
- Community
- Hirwaun
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80252, -3.49780
- Cadw reference
- 26826
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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the A4059 approximately 4.3km NE of Penderyn.
History
Milestone probably early C19 on turnpike road from Brecon to Neath, shown on the 1885 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A freestone milestone with a rounded top, inscribed 'BRECON 14'.
Reason for designation
Included for special historic transport interest as a good surviving early C19 milestone, one of a series of well-preserved milestones on the A4059 in Hirwaun and Ystradfellte communities.
Nearby in the register
- Mynydd y Garn EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Cader Fawr Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Mynydd y Garn Lluest WestEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Cefn Esgair-Carnau Round CairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.