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Latitude: 51.7129 / 51°42'46"N
Longitude: -3.4476 / 3°26'51"W
OS Eastings: 300081
OS Northings: 202568
OS Grid: SO000025
Mapcode National: GBR HK.3CHW
Mapcode Global: VH6D3.667Q
Plus Code: 9C3RPH72+5X
Entry Name: Milestone
Listing Date: 10 January 1991
Last Amended: 10 January 1991
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 10854
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300010854
Location: Set back at the bend in the road in front of the Public Library. Reset into a modern circular brick paved platform; originally at the top end of Victoria Square.
County: Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community: Aberdare (Aberdâr)
Community: Aberdare East
Built-Up Area: Aberdare
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Milestone
Dated l860. Octagonal stone milestone with stepped and moulded cap; splayed out at base. Some faces have lightly droved masonry. Reads as follows:-
- To Merthyr 6 miles
- To London l82 3/4 miles
- To Cardiff 22 3/4 miles
- To Brecon 23 miles
- To Neath l9 miles
The base reads "Erected by the Aberdare Local Board of Health. Executed by H Pritchard contractor Aberdare".
Old photographs show that it formerly had a lamp to the top.
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