Latitude: 51.6707 / 51°40'14"N
Longitude: -3.0314 / 3°1'52"W
OS Eastings: 328773
OS Northings: 197387
OS Grid: ST287973
Mapcode National: GBR J4.5VM2
Mapcode Global: VH79Z.D8SK
Plus Code: 9C3RMXC9+7F
Entry Name: Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Listing Date: 31 January 2003
Last Amended: 31 January 2003
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 80863
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300080863
Location: On the E side of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near the N entrance to the canal tunnel approximately 500m north of Five Locks Road.
County: Torfaen
Town: Cwmbran
Community: Pontnewydd
Community: Pontnewydd
Locality: Five Locks
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Milestone
Late C18 or early C19 cast iron milepost on the Monmouthshire Canal. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin.
Milepost, black painted cast iron, approximately 45cm high. Large circle with raised lettering in centre and above and below. Rectangle with raised lettering at ground level. Lettering and raised surrounds are white painted and read from top 'FROM POTTER STREET LOCK 7 MILES M.C.Co.'.
Included for historic transport interest on a canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys.
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