Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone at Tal-y-bont Bridge
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tal-y-bont, 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
- Tal-y-bont
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.77517, -4.09229
- Cadw reference
- 84358
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 alongside the E side of Ffordd Ysgethin (A496) in the pavement to the E side of Pont Tal-y-bont.
History
Mid C18 milestone, one of 7 along the road between Barmouth and Harlech and probably contemporary with a similar stone 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, shaped as if a pair of conjoined milestone with rounded heads to each 'stone'. Bears the inscription: HARLECH / VI / M at the top of the left hand side, BERMO / IV / M at the right hand side and DOLGELLEY / XIII / M across the base.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good mid C18 milestone, forms a group with Tal-y-bont bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Tal-y-bont bridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Ty-Ucha-Bach and Ty-Ucha-MawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mill HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tal-y-bont MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.