Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone E of Abercamlais drive
Trallong, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 27 May 2005
- Locality
- Abercamlais
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94934, -3.51040
- Cadw reference
- 84446
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated against estate wall some 200 m E of drive to Abercamlais.
History
Milestone, late C18 or early C19 on Brecon to Trecastle turnpike. similar to the milestone E of Penpont.
Exterior
Milestone, whitewashed stone, inscribed 'TO BRECON 6 Miles TO TRECASTLE 6 MILES'.
Reason for designation
Included as an early milestone, of special historic transport interest.
Nearby in the register
- The LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pigeon house at AbercamlaisAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Camlais to N of the Pigeon House at AbercamlaisTransportunder 1 mi
- Abercamlais including Dovecote CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.