Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on Bishops Castle Road
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Montgomery, Powys, designated on 16 December 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 December 2005
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.55669, -3.14239
- Cadw reference
- 87249
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side some 400m SE of the town.
History
Early C19 cast-iron mileplate affixed to rounded sandstone marking distance on the turnpike road to Bishops Castle. The turnpike roads were established c. 1768.
Exterior
Milestone with early C19 cast-iron plate affixed to possibly earlier round headed stone. Plate reads 'Miles/ from/ M,gomery. ½ / Bps, Castle. 8'. First word follows curve of head.
Reason for designation
Included as a turnpike road milestone of special historic transport interest.
Nearby in the register
- Burdett HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Clawdd-y-dreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden walls and outbuilding to Plas GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.