Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone beside the B4580 / B4396 junction
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Maesmochnant, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, designated on 29 August 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 August 2003
- Locality
- Maesmochnant
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81612, -3.27952
- Cadw reference
- 81830
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 1 km south-east of the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.
Exterior
A milestone carrying a cast-iron plate with the lettering 'Wrexham District / 1894 / DCC / Wrexham 29 / Shrewsbury 25 / Oswestry 13 / Llanrhiadr Y M 1'. The stone is round-headed and about 150 mm thick, with an iron band protecting it. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark at the foot.
Reason for designation
A Denbighshire County Council milestone, one of a surviving set on the B4580 / B4396 road.
Nearby in the register
- Maes Mochnant Isaf Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Maes-Mochnant Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Crop Marks W of Meusydd SmithyEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Pont MaesmochnantTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.