Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A44
Faenor, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 October 2002
- Locality
- Lovesgrove
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Faenor
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41070, -4.02470
- Cadw reference
- 27004
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the S side of the A44 some 850m W of its junction with the A4169.
History
Early C19 milestone on old turnpike road.
Exterior
Milestone, white painted stone with curved top inscribed 'ABERYSTWYTH 3 Miles' in crude lettering.
Reason for designation
Included for transport history interest marking route of an old turnpike road.
Nearby in the register
- Plas DolauDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dolau CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- GlascrugDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cartshed at GlascrugAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.