Finger Post at Pen-y-bont Bridge, Crucorney (Crucornau Fawr), Monmouthshire

Coordinates

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

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History

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).

Exterior

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.

Reasons for Listing

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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Other nearby listed buildings

II Pen-y-bont Bridge
In Pen-y-bont over the Afon Honddu about 300m north of the Church of St Michael, Llanvihangel Crucorney.
II* Millbrook
On the north west edge of the village, on the corner at the road junction beside Pen-y-bont bridge over the Afon Honddu. Rubble-walled front garden.
II The Skirrid Inn, with attached barn
In the centre of Llanvihangel Crucorney about 50m north-east of the church.
II Twr Mihangel (formerly known as Treturret)
In the main street of Llanvihangel Crucorney about 50m north east of the Skirrid Inn.
II Church of St Michael
In the centre of Llanvihangel Crucorney village.
II Tomb of Daniel Gilbert in St Michael's Churchyard
10m to west of the tower of the Church of St Michael.
II Tomb of Thomas Prosser in St Michael's Churchyard
30m south of the nave of the Church of St Michael.
II Barn at Pen-y-dre Farm
In Llanvihangel Crucorney village about 100m south east of the church of St Michael.

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Finger Post at Pen-y-bont Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Crucorney (Crucornau Fawr), Monmouthshire