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Latitude: 53.1858 / 53°11'8"N
Longitude: -4.0744 / 4°4'27"W
OS Eastings: 261486
OS Northings: 367418
OS Grid: SH614674
Mapcode National: GBR 5S.36RN
Mapcode Global: WH54G.D611
Plus Code: 9C5Q5WPG+86
Entry Name: Milestone S of Dol-goch
Listing Date: 25 April 1997
Last Amended: 25 April 1997
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18383
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300018383
Location: Situated on A 5 some 1.3 km NW of centre of Bethesda, SE of lane to Sewage Works.
County: Gwynedd
Town: Bangor
Community: Bethesda
Community: Bethesda
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Milestone
Following the Act of Union in 1801, a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. Milestones between Bangor and Cernioge were erected in the period between 1825 and February 1827.
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 29 / BANGOR / 4 / C. CURIG / 10M – 3F.
Set in front of a rubble arch incorporated into a boundary wall: an example of a “Telford Arch,” thought to have been designed to enhance and draw attention to the milestone.
Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
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