Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
15411
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
29/12/1994  
Date of Amendment
29/12/1994  
Name of Property
Milestone at roadside to SE of Montgomeryshire Canal  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Llandrinio  
Town
 
Locality
Ardd-Lin  
Easting
326071  
Northing
315777  
Street Side
W  
Location
 

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Milestone. Later C18.  

Exterior
Tapered limestone pillar with gabled top, incised lettering crudely overpainted, reading "Miles PooL 6/Oswestry 9". One of a series of mile markers erected probably after the first Montgomeryshire Turnpike Act of 1756.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
This milestone, with others along A483 and B4392, are significant historical survivals from the century of road construction and maintenance in Mid Wales after c.1750.  

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