Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone on A477, in the verge outside Pen-y-Bont Guest House
Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 June 2022
- Welsh name
- Carreg filltir ar yr A477, y tu allan i westy Pen-y-Bont
- Community
- Amroth
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75375, -4.67759
- Cadw reference
- 87867
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 in the verge outside Pen-y-Bont guest house, on the N side of 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: '19 miles to Carmarthen'. On right: '14 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
- Longstone CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- East Limekiln at Kiln Park, BlaencilgoedIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Central Limekiln at Kiln Park, BlaencilgoedIndustrialunder 1 mi
- East Limekiln at Croft QuarriesIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.