Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone below Min y Twr
Cwm Cadnant, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 May 2003
- Locality
- Glyn Garth
- Town
- Llandegfan
- Community
- Cwm Cadnant
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23689, -4.14817
- Cadw reference
- 81138
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set alongside the SE of the A545 Beaumais Road out of Menai Bridge towards Beaumaris; opposite the S entrance to Min y Twr.
History
In 1805 Viscount Thomas James Warren Bulkeley (7th Viscount) made a new road through his land to run along the straits and built a sea-wall 5ft(1.5m) high to protect it. It was opened to the public in 1806. In 1828 it became a turnpike road and the approaches to both Menai Bridge and Beaumaris were improved. The milestone dates from the establishment of the turnpike in 1828, and is one of four originally placed along its route, all of which survive.
Exterior
Dressed granite slab, with shaped (pointed) top, cut with lettering reading: BEAUMARIS / 3 MILES / MENAI BRIDGE / 1 MILE 3 FURLS.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of a milestone with considerable local historical significance.
Nearby in the register
- Craig-y-DonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden house at Min y TwrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coachhouse at Craig-y-DonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Boat-house at Craig-y-DonDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.