Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on B4242 near Crugau
Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 30 January 2004
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Glynneath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71869, -3.68864
- Cadw reference
- 82453
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the NW side of the B4242 approximately 150m S of Crugau.
History
Early C19 milestone on old turnpike road from Neath to Pontneddfechan.
Exterior
Milestone, triangular section, worn white painted stone with carved lettering in black. Right side reads 'VII Miles to Neath' and left side 'V Miles to Pont v.n.' for Pontneddfechan. Benchmark below.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at CrugauAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- CrugauDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Neath Canal near CrugauTransportunder 1 mi
- Rheola overbridge on Neath CanalTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.