Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A4120 N of Devil's Bridge
Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth, Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, designated on 25 November 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 25 November 2004
- Locality
- Devil's Bridge
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Blaenrheidol
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.38071, -3.84517
- Cadw reference
- 83332
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on E side of road some 300m N of Woodlands Cafe.
History
Milestone on turnpike road from Llangurig to Aberystwyth via Devil's Bridge, for which trust was established in 1770. Probably late C18 or early C19 with mid C19 cast-iron plate.
Exterior
Milestone, with curved top and affixed cast-iron half-round plate reading 'Aberystwyth 12 miles'.
Reason for designation
Included for transport historical interest as marking early turnpike route.
Nearby in the register
- Iron footbridge over Afon MynachGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Devil's Bridge / Pont ar FynachTransportunder 1 mi
- Hafod Arms HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Automobile Association Telephone Call BoxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.