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Milepost

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9397 / 52°56'22"N

Longitude: -3.9991 / 3°59'56"W

OS Eastings: 265751

OS Northings: 339903

OS Grid: SH657399

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.LT6T

Mapcode Global: WH55N.JCWQ

Plus Code: 9C4RW2Q2+V9

Entry Name: Milepost

Listing Date: 25 February 2005

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 84010

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300084010

Location: Set along the NE side of the A496 between Pont Felinrhyd-fawr and Maentwrog; c.300m NE of Pont Felinrhyd-fawr.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

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 reclaimation 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 / 3 on the left hand face and HARLECH / 9 on the right.

Reasons for Listing

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

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