Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on B4242, 100m east of Rock & Fountain PH
Blaenhonddan, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Resolven, Blaenhonddan, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 14 April 2022.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 April 2022
- Welsh name
- Carreg filltir ar y B4242, 100m i'r dwyrain o Rock & Fountain PH
- Locality
- Resolven
- Community
- Blaenhonddan
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69137, -3.74224
- Cadw reference
- 87862
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated about 100m east of the Rock & Fountain public house, north side of B4242.
History
Early C19 milestone on old turnpike road from Neath to Pontneddfechan. 2 Ordnance Survey bench-marks added during the OS primary levelling exercise (1840-60) and / or secondary levelling (1912-21), giving height above sea-level.
Exterior
Milestone, stone, triangular section with rectangular base and curved top. Incised painted lettering, on the right side reading ‘IIII Miles to Neath' and on the left side 'VIII Miles to Pont vn.' for Pontneddfechan. Struck-through bench-mark on base and further, damaged, inscription reading ‘Neath [-]ower’. Bench-mark on apex indicates flattened incised square, presumably the correct height above sea level.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of a milestone with special historic transport interest on old turnpike road.
Nearby in the register
- Twrch Brook culvert and overflow sluice on the Neath CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Neath Canal SW of Ynys Nedd FarmTransportunder 1 mi
- Pen-Rhiw-Angharad Round CairnsCairnfieldunder 1 mi
- Blaen-Cwmbach CampMarching Camp1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.