Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A44
Llanbadarn Fawr, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 10 December 2004
- Locality
- Crossgates
- Community
- Llanbadarn Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27247, -3.31978
- Cadw reference
- 83367
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Approximately 1.6km WNW of Penybont and 1.2km ESE of the main road junction in Crossgates.
History
A C19 mile marker shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A round-headed freestone mile marker painted white with black-painted letters. The lower section is part buried and has an added OS datum. It is inscribed 'Rhayader 8½ miles' and 'Penybont [1]'.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as one of a series of well-preserved milestones on the A44.
Nearby in the register
- Penybont HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A483No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St PadarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gabled Outbuilding Range Forward on Right of MaesyfedDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.