Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone in Grass Verge 300m W of Fforest Inn
New Radnor, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 April 1993
- Locality
- The Van
- Community
- New Radnor
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.21738, -3.21979
- Cadw reference
- 9269
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
Lies on north side of A481 between Pool Farm and The Fforest Inn.
Exterior
Probably late C18/early C19 Turnpike Trust milestone. Simple, low, roundheaded, painted sandstone. Inscribed: "Builth 10 miles/Kington 10 miles".
Reason for designation
One of a well-preserved series of milestones in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone in wide Grass Verge below The Van HillTransportunder 1 mi
- Cae-Banal Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Llannerch cup-marked rockCup Marked Stoneunder 1 mi
- The Great House including attached CowhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.