Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir
Faenor, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Rhyd-hir, Aberystwyth, Faenor, Ceredigion, designated on 21 October 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 October 2002
- Locality
- Pont Rhyd-hir
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Faenor
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.43383, -4.03194
- Cadw reference
- 27005
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 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the E side of the A487 just S of the railway bridge at Pont Rhyd-hir.
History
Late C18 or early C19 cast-iron mileplate set into milestone on old turnpike road.
Exterior
Cast iron mileplate with curved top, some 45cm wide by 65cm high, set into white painted stone milestone approximately 1m high. Painted cast plate inscribed 'ABERYSTWYTH 3 MILES'.
Reason for designation
Included for transport history interest marking route of an old turnpike road.
Nearby in the register
- Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas GogerddanRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Bridge at Plas GogerddanTransportunder 1 mi
- Plas GogerddanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cambrian HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.