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Milestone W of Ddol Hir

A Grade II Listed Building in Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9235 / 52°55'24"N

Longitude: -3.1908 / 3°11'27"W

OS Eastings: 320036

OS Northings: 336896

OS Grid: SJ200368

Mapcode National: GBR 6X.MZ9J

Mapcode Global: WH789.YSQ4

Plus Code: 9C4RWRF5+CM

Entry Name: Milestone W of Ddol Hir

Listing Date: 8 July 2003

Last Amended: 8 July 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81293

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300081293

Location: Located between Glyn Ceiriog and Pandy on the W side of the road. On a shallow grass verge with a hedge to the rear.

County: Wrexham

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog

Community: Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog

Locality: Pandy

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog

History

One of a series of milestones along this road, erected when Denbighshire County Council took control of the county''''''''s highways in the late C19. This milestone is dated 1894.

Exterior

Square-section milestone with arched top. Attached to the front is a cast iron plate with arched head, raised margin and letters in relief. It reads ''Wrexham District / 1894 / DCC'' under the arch. Beneath are distances in miles and furlongs:''Wrexham 17.2 / Chirk 7 / Glyn 0.5 / Llanarmon DC 4.1''.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its historic interest as a well-preserved County Council milestone, one of the few to survive on this stretch of road.

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