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Telford Milestone

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog, Isle of Anglesey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2224 / 53°13'20"N

Longitude: -4.2561 / 4°15'22"W

OS Eastings: 249472

OS Northings: 371861

OS Grid: SH494718

Mapcode National: GBR 5J.0YCK

Mapcode Global: WH431.L8HG

Plus Code: 9C5Q6PCV+XG

Entry Name: Telford Milestone

Listing Date: 20 October 1998

Last Amended: 17 June 2020

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20614

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300020614

Location: Abutting a field wall, set back slightly from the N side of the A5(T), c1.6km E of the new church of St Michael, Gaerwen.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog

Community: Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog

Locality: Gaerwen

Tagged with: Milestone

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History

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.

Exterior

Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate white lettering on black reading: HOLY- HEAD / 18 / MONA / 5 / BANGOR / 7.

Set in front of a rubble arch incorporated into a boundary wall: a very well preserved example of a “Telford Arch,” thought to have been designed to enhance and draw attention to the milestone.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Melin Maengwyn
    Set back from the N side of the A5(T), c750m E of the new church of St Michael, Gaerwen.
  • II Church of St. Deiniol
    Close to the centre of the village, within churchyard entered by a lychgate E of the war memorial.
  • II War Memorial
    Set back slightly from the S side of the A5(T), within a small enclosed area bounded by railings, to the front of Gaerwen Village Hall.
  • II Capel Cana and school rooms
    Located on the NW side of the road leading out of the village towards Brynsiencyn, c150m SW of the Parish Church of St. Deiniol, set within grounds bounded by a low rubble masonry wall and railings an
  • II School rooms adjacent to the Church of St Michael
    Located within the church grounds and directly E of the Church of St Michael (new church), Gaerwen, set back from the N side of the A5(T).
  • II Telford Milestone
    Abutting the churchyard wall of the new church of St Michael, Gaerwen; slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T).

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