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Latitude: 53.2601 / 53°15'36"N
Longitude: -4.4298 / 4°25'47"W
OS Eastings: 238023
OS Northings: 376436
OS Grid: SH380764
Mapcode National: GBR HNF2.PM6
Mapcode Global: WH42R.XBR1
Plus Code: 9C5Q7H6C+33
Entry Name: Telford Milestone W of Gwalchmai
Listing Date: 22 September 1998
Last Amended: 16 March 2021
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 20513
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300020513
Location: Set within a low rubble field wall alongside the N side of the A5(T), W of the village of Gwalchmai and c.1km WNW of the church of St. Morhiairn.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Bryngwran
Community: Bryngwran
Locality: Gwalchmai
Built-Up Area: Gwalchmai
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 / 10 / MONA / 3 / BANGOR / 15.
Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
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