Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanbedr, Gwynedd, designated on 29 October 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 October 2003
- Locality
- Llanbedr
- Community
- Llanbedr
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81921, -4.10102
- Cadw reference
- 82006
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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set alongside the E side of the A496 at the S end of the village of Llanbedr.
History
Mid C18 milestone, one of 7 along the road between Barmouth and Harlech.
Exterior
Broad, irregularly shaped milestone bearing the inscription: HARLECH / III / M / 1765. The stone has been set into a modern mortared rubble wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good mid C18 dated milestone.
Nearby in the register
- Moriah Calvinist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pont LlanbedrTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont LlanbedrBridgeunder 1 mi
- Wenallt StoresDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.