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Latitude: 53.2848 / 53°17'5"N
Longitude: -4.5657 / 4°33'56"W
OS Eastings: 229060
OS Northings: 379494
OS Grid: SH290794
Mapcode National: GBR HN30.MDJ
Mapcode Global: WH42H.VP1P
Plus Code: 9C5Q7CMM+WP
Entry Name: Telford Milestone
Listing Date: 19 January 1998
Last Amended: 26 February 2020
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 19232
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300019232
Location: On the NE side of the A5 through Valley, next to Llys Coedlys.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Valley (Y Fali)
Community: Valley
Built-Up Area: Valley
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. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 4 / MONA / 9 / BANGOR / 21.
Listed as a good example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
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