Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at Capel Seion
Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Capel Seion, Aberystwyth, Llanfarian, Ceredigion, designated on 24 February 2004.
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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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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.