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Mile marker

A Grade II Listed Building in Sarn, Bridgend

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5457 / 51°32'44"N

Longitude: -3.5979 / 3°35'52"W

OS Eastings: 289292

OS Northings: 184184

OS Grid: SS892841

Mapcode National: GBR HC.FXBQ

Mapcode Global: VH5HB.LD9Y

Plus Code: 9C3RGCW2+7R

Entry Name: Mile marker

Listing Date: 13 November 1997

Last Amended: 13 November 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19053

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300019053

Location: Located on Maesteg Road, immediately outside Tondu Methodist Church.

County: Bridgend

Community: Newcastle Higher (Y Castellnewydd)

Community: Newcastle Higher

Locality: Tondu

Built-Up Area: Sarn

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Milestone

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Exterior

Mid C19 cast iron mile marker of triangular shape with sloping top. Painted white with black lettering in relief:


RAILWAY
STATION
3 1/4
MAESTEG BRIDGEND
6 3
MILES MILES

Reasons for Listing

A well detailed of a Victorian mile marker associated with the South Wales Railway.

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  • II* Former Blast Engine Houses at Tondu Ironworks
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  • II* Lift Tower at Tondu Ironworks
    Set in the hillside between the company housing of Derllwyn Road and Park Terrace above and the levelled area below where the Engine House stands, against the old furnace bank and opposite the Calcini
  • II* Calcining Kilns and attached abutment at Tondu Ironworks
    Set in the hillside between the company housing of Derllwyn Road and Park Terrace above and the levelled area below where the Engine House stands, just above the old furnace bank and opposite the Lift
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    Attached to 27 Derllwyn Road, next to the former Truck Shop, on the hillside above the former Tondu ironworks and in the NW of the community.
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