Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23319
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/05/2000
Date of Amendment
25/05/2000
Name of Property
Milepost
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pennal
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Pennal
Easting
267994
Northing
299282
Street Side
Location
The milespost stands in the S verge of the main road, on the hilltop nearly opposite Tan-y-graig.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The milepost was probably erected in the first decades of the C19, on the main road from Machynlleth to Twywn and the coast.
Exterior
A cast iron distance marker of triangular form, open at the back, the sides sloping back at the top to a gabled top plate with raised lettering in a bold Roman typeface set in a curve, reading ABERDOVEY 5. On the left, similar raised lettering reading TOWYN, also set in a curve and within the arc, 9, and on the right, MACHYNLLETH / 5.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a particularly elegantly lettered mile marker with lettering typical of the early C19.
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