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Milespost to E of Gelli Grin

A Grade II Listed Building in Talsarnau, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9365 / 52°56'11"N

Longitude: -4.0219 / 4°1'18"W

OS Eastings: 264210

OS Northings: 339587

OS Grid: SH642395

Mapcode National: GBR 5V.M1HL

Mapcode Global: WH55N.6G26

Plus Code: 9C4QWXPH+H6

Entry Name: Milespost to E of Gelli Grin

Listing Date: 30 December 2004

Last Amended: 30 December 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83461

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300083461

Location: Set along the N side of the A496 to E of Gelli Grin

County: Gwynedd

Community: Talsarnau

Community: Talsarnau

Locality: Vale of Ffestiniog

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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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 / 7 on the left hand face and HARLECH / 7 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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