Milepost to N of Tan-y-penmaen, Talsarnau, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8821 / 52°52'55"N

Longitude: -4.0817 / 4°4'54"W

OS Eastings: 260017

OS Northings: 333651

OS Grid: SH600336

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.QJZ4

Mapcode Global: WH55T.8TLF

Plus Code: 9C4QVWJ9+R8

Entry Name: Milepost to N of Tan-y-penmaen

Listing Date: 30 December 2004

Last Amended: 30 December 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83459

ID on this website: 300083459

Location: Set at the W side of the B4573 to S of Glan-y-wern and to N of Tan-y-penmaen.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Talsarnau

Locality: Glyn Cywarch

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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Harlech

History

Probably mid C19 milepost. Merioneth was the last of the Welsh counties to have turnpike roads and it was at a county meeting in Dolgellau in 1775 that it was resolved to convert the principal tracks of the county into turnpikes, in partnership with Caernarfonshire. By the end of the C18 most of the existing roads had been brought under the Trust under the Merioneth Turnpike Act of 1777. The stretch of road that this series of mileposts serves was constructed following the reclamation of Traeth Mawr, and the erection of the Cob at Porthmadog, opened in 1808.

Exterior

Cast iron milepost with a triangular profile, wider at the top with a raking head and facing panels which bear the names and distances: BLAENAU / FFESTINIOG / 11 on the left hand face and HARLECH / 3 on the right.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a C19 milepost, one of a series along the road between Maentwrog and Harlech.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Tan-y-penmaen
Slightly set back from the W side of the B4573 to S of Glan-y-wern.
II Brewhouse at Tan-y-penmaen
Located to SSW of the house, at right-angles to the road.
II Outhouse at Tan-y-penmaen
Adjacent to the house at Tan-y-penmaen
II Tower at Glyn Cywarch
In private grounds set well back from the NE side of the B4573, to S of Glan-y-wern and SE of Eisingrug; the tower is in an elevated position along a track c350m SW of the house at Glyn Cywarch.
II Glyn Cottage
In private grounds set well back from the NE side of the B4573, to S of Glan-y-wern and SE of Eisingrug; lies c200m SSW of the house at Glyn Cywarch.
II Y Lasynys Fawr including Brewhouse Block and Revettment Wall
Located at the NE boundary of the community, set back some 250m from the road and sited against a rocky outcrop in the former flood plain; accessed from the road via an unmetalled track and set behind
II Walled garden at Glyn Cywarch
In private grounds set well back from the NE side of the B4573, to S of Glan-y-wern and SE of Eisingrug; the walled gardens lie to SW of the house at Glyn Cywarch.
II Milestone
On the NW side of the road SE of Y Lasynys Fawr, set against a low rubble wall.

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Milepost to N of Tan-y-penmaen

A Grade II Listed Building in Talsarnau, Gwynedd