Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on Old Amroth Road, in the verge 200m west of Greenacre Market Garden
Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Amroth, Pembrokeshire, designated on 30 June 2022.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 June 2022
- Welsh name
- Carreg filltir ar Hen Ffordd Amroth, ar ymyl y ffordd 200m i’r gorllewin o Ardd-farchnad Greenacre
- Community
- Amroth
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75801, -4.65541
- Cadw reference
- 87866
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the N side of the Old Amroth Road, parallel to the A477.
History
Milestone of 1838 on the Carmarthen to Pembroke Dock turnpike road, the cast-iron plaque cast by Moss & Sons of Carmarthen.
Exterior
Milestone, cast-iron plaque on stone or concrete. Canted front with two triangular-headed faces. On left: '18 miles to Carmarthen'. On right: '15 miles to Hobb's Point'.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of a milestone, with special historic interest, as part of the earlier C19 turnpike system.
Nearby in the register
- Zoar Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Crunwere HouseReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- East Limekiln at Kiln Park, BlaencilgoedIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Central Limekiln at Kiln Park, BlaencilgoedIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.