Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
84357
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/04/2005
Date of Amendment
13/04/2005
Name of Property
Milestone at N end Dyffryn Ardudwy
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Town
Locality
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Easting
258692
Northing
323401
Street Side
E
Location
Set into a wall below the library, to the E side of Y Brif Heol (A496), at the N end of the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Mid C18 milestone, one of 7 along the road between Barmouth and Harlech and probably contemporary with another similar stone located to the N of Dyffryn Ardudwy which bears the date 1765. This series of stones predate the resolution to convert the principal tracks of the county into turnpikes at a county meeting in Dolgellau in 1775, and it is thought that this stretch of road was constructed and maintained by the landlords of the estates through which it passed.
Exterior
Broad, irregularly shaped milestone (somewhat damaged at base and reset into wall) bearing the inscription: HARLECH / V / BERMO / V.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good mid C18 milestone.
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