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
17499
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/1996
Date of Amendment
23/05/1996
Name of Property
Milestone on A487
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Dyffryn Arth
Town
Locality
Morfa
Easting
249499
Northing
264893
Street Side
Location
Situated on N side of road some 1.8 km NW of Aberarth, and about 1 km ESE of Morfa Mawr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
History: Early C19 milestone on Aberaeron to Aberystwyth turnpike road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Description: Whitewashed stone curved-headed milestone inscribed: `ABERYSTWYTH 13 miles' the letters of Aberystwyth following curve of head.
Included for its special interest as a relic of early transport history.
Interior
Reason for designation
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