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
17743
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
21/02/1996  
Date of Amendment
21/02/1996  
Name of Property
Milestone off A487 at Henfynyw  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Henfynyw  
Town
 
Locality
Henfynyw  
Easting
244973  
Northing
261054  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on E side of a layby off the A487 some 500m N of Ffos-y-ffin Chapel.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Aberystwyth road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.  

Exterior
Freestanding white-painted milestone with slightly curved top, approximately 65cm high by 35cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads TO CARDIGAN 21 MILES  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as an historically interesting relic of transport history in the area.  

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