Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at Capel Seion
Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 24 February 2004
- Locality
- Capel Seion
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Llanfarian
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.39477, -4.01067
- Cadw reference
- 82504
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of A 4120 at Capel Seion, c100m E of the chapel.
History
Early C19 milestone on turnpike road from Aberystwyth to Lampeter.
Exterior
Milestone with arched top in whitewashed stone with incised lettering painted black. Following shape of arch, incised letters read 'Aberystwyth' with numeral '4' to centre and 'mile' beneath, all in upper case.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of stone milestones of the region.
Nearby in the register
- Pigsties at Nanteos Home FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Coach house, gates and forecourt wall at Capel MoriahReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel Moriah including chapel house to leftReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Walls to walled garden at NanteosDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.