Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21277
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1999
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Slate Direction Indicators
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Betws Garmon
Town
Locality
Rhyd-Ddu
Easting
256956
Northing
353005
Street Side
W
Location
Set into a boundary wall at the beginning of the B 4418 near the junction with the A 4085 at Rhyd-Ddu.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Difficult to date exactly but probably mid- to late C19; the route indicated to Llanfihangel and Dolbenmaen via Cwm Pennant is no longer accessible to vehicular traffic from Rhyd-Ddu.
Exterior
Slate direction indicators. Slate-stone narrow rectangular plaques, upper with an incised rim, set one above the other under a slate drip in stone boundary wall reading "PENYGROES7" and "{LLANFIHANGEL 7 1/2M/ DOLBENMAEN 8 1/2M", both having incised hands with fingers pointing to the left.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual example of slate direction indicators.
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