Latitude: 51.8822 / 51°52'55"N
Longitude: -2.9824 / 2°58'56"W
OS Eastings: 332475
OS Northings: 220858
OS Grid: SO324208
Mapcode National: GBR F7.RLTB
Mapcode Global: VH78V.8Y5H
Plus Code: 9C3VV2J9+V2
Entry Name: Finger Post at Pen-y-bont Bridge
Listing Date: 29 January 1998
Last Amended: 7 December 2022
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 19265
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300019265
Location: Outside Bridge Cottage at Pen-y-bont about 300m north of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
County: Monmouthshire
Town: Abergavenny
Community: Crucorney (Crucornau Fawr)
Community: Crucorney
Locality: Llanvihangel Crucorney
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure Fingerpost
Erected by Monmouth County Council after the 1888 Local Government Act gave responsibility for roads to each County Council, so late C19 or early C20, but first shown on the 1945 OS map in the middle of the road from Llanvihangel Crucorney.
The arm pointing to Llanthony was missing when inspected in 1998, now repaired / or more likely replaced (2022).
Cast iron finger post with cylindrical base and fluted shaft, banded black-and-white, and surmounted by a pyramidal finial. Three moveable arms with pointing fingers: LONGTOWN 6 MILES / ABERGAVENNY 4 1/2 MILES / LLANTHONY 6 MILES.
Included, notwithstanding the replacement of one of the arms, for its special interest, as a good surviving example of a late C19 / early C20 fingerpost, a type of street furniture once common but now increasingly rare.
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