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
30/04/1996
Date of Amendment
30/04/1996
Name of Property
Milestone on A487
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated on the W side of the A487 in the centre of Llanon, approximately 80m S of the Central Hotel by the house called 'Mile End'.
History
Early C19 milestone on the Cardigan to Aberystwyth road. Turnpike trust formed 1770.
Exterior
Freestanding white-painted milestone with curved top, approximately 80cm high by 40cm wide by 20cm deep. Inscription reads
ABERYSTWYTH
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MILES
The word 'ABERYSTWYTH' is inscribed following the curved top of the milestone.
Reason for designation
Included as an historically interesting relic of transport history in the area.
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