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.
Date of Designation
23/05/1996
Date of Amendment
23/05/1996
Name of Property
Milestone near Tan-yr-allt
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated on E side of A482, 0.2km SE of Tan-yr-allt.
History
Early/mid C19. This section of road was maintained by the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust, which received its first Act in 1770.
Exterior
White painted milestone, standing approximately 60cm high. Rounded top with bench-mark to edge. Inscription (upper part following curve of top) reads:
ABERAYRON
5
MILES
LAMPETER
8
Reason for designation
Listed as an historically interesting survival of early road transport history.
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