Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone to W of Tregeiriog
Ceiriog Ucha, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tregeiriog, Ceiriog Ucha, Wrexham, designated on 23 May 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 23 May 2003
- Locality
- Tregeiriog
- Community
- Ceiriog Ucha
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.89400, -3.23181
- Cadw reference
- 81167
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 137 Oswestry (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the N side of the road on a grass verge, the bank rising steeply behind.
History
One of a series of milestones along this road erected by Denbighshire County Council in 1894, when they took control of the county''''s highways.
Exterior
Square-section milestone with arched top. Attached to the front is a cast iron plate with arched head, raised margin and letters in relief. It reads ''''Wrexham District / 1894 / DCC'''' under the arch. Beneath are distances in miles and furlongs: ''''Wrexham 20.2 / Chirk 10 / Glyn 3.5 / Llanarmon DC 1.1''''.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a well-preserved County Council milestone, one of the few to survive on this stretch of road.
Nearby in the register
- Pont y FelinTransportunder 1 mi
- Hafod AdamsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Secondary Dwelling at Hafod AdamsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cart-shed and granary to W of Ty-du FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.