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Latitude: 53.2234 / 53°13'24"N
Longitude: -4.1659 / 4°9'57"W
OS Eastings: 255498
OS Northings: 371786
OS Grid: SH554717
Mapcode National: GBR 5N.0VY8
Mapcode Global: WH546.Z7DP
Plus Code: 9C5Q6RFM+9J
Entry Name: Telford Milestone, Mona Road
Listing Date: 18 July 1997
Last Amended: 17 June 2020
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18559
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300018559
Location: Located on the east side of Mona Road, being the first milestone on the Anglesey side of the A5. Abutting the wall to the north of the gateway to St. Mary's Church.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Menai Bridge (Porthaethwy)
Community: Menai Bridge
Locality: Menai
Built-Up Area: Menai Bridge
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Milestone
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 22 / MONA / 9 / BANGOR / 3.
Set in front of a rubble arch incorporated into a boundary wall: a now-overgrown example of a “Telford Arch,” thought to have been designed to enhance and draw attention to the milestone.
Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
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