Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Pontnewydd, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Five Locks, Cwmbran, Pontnewydd, Torfaen, designated on 31 January 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2003
- Locality
- Five Locks
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Community
- Pontnewydd
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67072, -3.03137
- Cadw reference
- 80863
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near the N entrance to the canal tunnel approximately 500m north of Five Locks Road.
History
Late C18 or early C19 cast iron milepost on the Monmouthshire Canal. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin.
Exterior
Milepost, black painted cast iron, approximately 45cm high. Large circle with raised lettering in centre and above and below. Rectangle with raised lettering at ground level. Lettering and raised surrounds are white painted and read from top 'FROM POTTER STREET LOCK 7 MILES M.C.Co.'.
Reason for designation
Included for historic transport interest on a canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys.
Nearby in the register
- Canal Tunnel between Sebastopol and Cwmbran, including attached revetment wallsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Milepost north of Five LocksTransportunder 1 mi
- Tir-brychiadNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Ty William Ambrose Farm (aka Hanbury Farm)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.