Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
84358
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/04/2005
Date of Amendment
13/04/2005
Name of Property
Milestone at Tal-y-bont Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Town
Locality
Tal-y-bont
Easting
258959
Northing
321784
Street Side
E
Location
Set alongside the E side of Ffordd Ysgethin (A496) in the pavement to the E side of Pont Tal-y-bont.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Mid C18 milestone, one of 7 along the road between Barmouth and Harlech and probably contemporary with a similar stone 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, shaped as if a pair of conjoined milestone with rounded heads to each 'stone'. Bears the inscription: HARLECH / VI / M at the top of the left hand side, BERMO / IV / M at the right hand side and DOLGELLEY / XIII / M across the base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good mid C18 milestone, forms a group with Tal-y-bont bridge.
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