Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone by Gallows Point
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
- Community
- Cwm Cadnant
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25306, -4.10880
- Cadw reference
- 81139
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set alongside the SE side of the Beaumaris Road on the W approach to Beaumaris.
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 / 1 MILE / MENAI BRIDGE / 3 MILES / and 3 FURLS. There is a bench mark cut into the front face of the milestone, below the lettering.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of a milestone with considerable local historical significance.
Nearby in the register
- White CottageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Red HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gateway to rear yard at Red HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dam and drive across Nant Meigan on Baron Hill estateWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.