Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22581
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/11/1999
Date of Amendment
04/11/1999
Name of Property
Milestone
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Mawddwy
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Cwm Cewydd
Easting
288193
Northing
312627
Street Side
Location
The milestone stands in the grass verge on the N side of the main road, near the access drive to Dugoed Bach farm.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The milestone is on a new turnpiked section of the the old Welshpool to Machynlleth road set out in the early C19, and running from the surviving toll house (Tyrpeg) to Penrhiwcul, below the course of the former road.
Exterior
The milestone is of slate, a flat slab painted white, with a cut inscription reading MACHYNLLETH/ 13 MILES / MALLWYD 1 1/2 / CAN-OFFICE 10 1/2
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of the only two surviving milestones on the new turnpike line of the main arterial road through central Wales, the only one to survive in its entirety.
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