Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
17439
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/10/1996
Date of Amendment
18/10/1996
Name of Property
Milestone on S side of by-road near Pen-wern Mills
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llanfihangel Ystrad
Town
Lampeter
Locality
Cribyn
Easting
251518
Northing
251450
Street Side
Location
Situated on S side of by-road, 150m SE of Pen-wern Mills and 0.6 km W of Cribyn.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18. This road was under the management of the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which was set up in 1770.
Exterior
Roughly shaped milestone set in hedge-bank. Smooth face with seraphed lettering reading: "To Cardigan 23 miles". Bench-mark below inscription. Stone thicker at the base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for historic interest as a very early survival of early road transport history.
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