Milestone, Betws Garmon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0577 / 53°3'27"N

Longitude: -4.1519 / 4°9'6"W

OS Eastings: 255882

OS Northings: 353327

OS Grid: SH558533

Mapcode National: GBR 5N.CKXJ

Mapcode Global: WH550.6D5Q

Plus Code: 9C5Q3R5X+37

Entry Name: Milestone

Listing Date: 29 January 1999

Last Amended: 29 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21285

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300021285

Location: Located on the south side of the B 4418 at Drws-y-coed-uchaf about 1km west of Rhyd-Ddu; set in a rubblestone field boundary wall.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Betws Garmon

Locality: Drws-y-coed-uchaf

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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History

One of a series of milestones set up after the establishment of the turnpike road in the 1820s.

Exterior

Early to mid-C19 milestone relating to the turnpike road first established in the 1820s. Slate-stone with simple chamfered top edge set in boundary wall. Inscribed "MLS." to top right corner with below "PENYGROES 6/ RHYD-DDU 1".

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special historic interest as a turnpike road milestone, a well-preserved example of a characteristic local type.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Slate Direction Indicators
Set into a boundary wall at the beginning of the B 4418 near the junction with the A 4085 at Rhyd-Ddu.
II Pen-y-Gongl
Located at the southern end of raised C19 terrace on the west side of the A 4085 at Rhyd-Ddu.
II Milestone
Located on the east side of the A 4085 at the northern end of Rhyd-Ddu; set within a low rubblestone field boundary wall.
II Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon)
Located on the A 4085 approximately 1km north of Rhyd-Ddu at the confluence of the Afon Gwyrfai and its tributary the Afon Treweunydd.
II Beudy & Ysgubor
Located on the E side of the A4085,in northern fields of Clogwyn-y-gwin, adjoining Glan-yr-aron.

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Milestone

A Grade II Listed Building in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd