Milepost, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7591 / 52°45'32"N

Longitude: -4.0841 / 4°5'2"W

OS Eastings: 259457

OS Northings: 319980

OS Grid: SH594199

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.ZBC7

Mapcode Global: WH56D.7XF5

Plus Code: 9C4QQW58+J9

Entry Name: Milepost

Listing Date: 13 April 2005

Last Amended: 13 April 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 84354

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300084354

Location: Set alongside the W side of the A496, roughly equidistant between the turn offs to Trawsdir and Egryn.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dyffryn Ardudwy

Locality: Llanaber

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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History

Probably mid C19 milepost. Merioneth was the last of the Welsh counties to have turnpike roads and it was at a county meeting in Dolgellau in 1775 that it was resolved to convert the principal tracks of the county into turnpikes, in partnership with Caernarfonshire. It is thought that this stretch of road was constructed and maintained by the landlords of the estates through which it passed and in 1833 the Barmouth to Harlech Turnpike Trust was formed to develop the road from Barmouth to Tal-y-bont and improve the existing route from Tal-y-bont to Harlech. This post is one of a series relating to this second phase of demarcating this route.

Exterior

Cast iron milepost with a triangular profile, wider at the top with a raking head and facing panels which bear the names and distances: HARLECH / 7 on the left hand face and BARMOUTH / 3 on the right.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a distinctive cast iron C19 milepost, one of a series along the road between Harlech and Barmouth.

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II 'Old House' to south of Egryn Abbey
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II Root clamp at Egryn
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II Former Mill and Store
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II* Egryn Abbey
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II Barn to NW of Old House
Immediately NW of the house, forming one side of a small farmyard.
II Stable, cartshed and attached cowhouse at Egryn
Set back from the NE side of the A496, c. 1.5km SSE of Tal-y-bont. The house and associated farm buildings are reached by a private track. The agricultural range is on the opposite side of the track
II Field cow-house at Egryn
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II Shelter Shed
Bounds the small farmyard which lies to the NW of the house.

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Milepost

A Grade II Listed Building in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd