Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at N end Dyffryn Ardudwy
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, designated on 13 April 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 13 April 2005
- Locality
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.78962, -4.09694
- Cadw reference
- 84357
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set into a wall below the library, to the E side of Y Brif Heol (A496), at the N end of the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy.
History
Mid C18 milestone, one of 7 along the road between Barmouth and Harlech and probably contemporary with another similar stone located to the N of Dyffryn Ardudwy which bears the date 1765. This series of stones predate the resolution to convert the principal tracks of the county into turnpikes at a county meeting in Dolgellau in 1775, and it is thought that this stretch of road was constructed and maintained by the landlords of the estates through which it passed.
Exterior
Broad, irregularly shaped milestone (somewhat damaged at base and reset into wall) bearing the inscription: HARLECH / V / BERMO / V.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good mid C18 milestone.
Nearby in the register
- Liverpool HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Post Office (Known as Ty Cennin)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Capel Horeb and chapel house including railings and gatesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- MilepostTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.