Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on minor road through Cwm Maethlon
Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 June 2005
- Locality
- Cwm Maethlon (Happy Valley)
- Community
- Tywyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.57444, -3.99356
- Cadw reference
- 84544
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
On the S side of the minor road approximately opposite Dysyrnant Farm, approximately 6.4km SE of Tywyn.
History
A late C18 or early C19 milestone shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A rough-hewn stone with rounded top. The weathered inscription reads '5 miles from Towyn'.(8km)
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historical interest as a well-preserved milestone marking what was once the main road between Machynlleth and Tywyn.
Nearby in the register
- Dysyrnant Platform CairnPlatform Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bryn Dinas CairnRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Eglwys Gwyddelod Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Bryn DinasDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.