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Milepost

A Grade II Listed Building in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9591 / 52°57'32"N

Longitude: -3.8715 / 3°52'17"W

OS Eastings: 274383

OS Northings: 341833

OS Grid: SH743418

Mapcode National: GBR 61.KN18

Mapcode Global: WH55J.HWNB

Plus Code: 9C4RX45H+JC

Entry Name: Milepost

Listing Date: 1 February 1996

Last Amended: 1 February 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 16903

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300016903

Location: Located on the roadside 120m W of the Pont-yr-Afon Gam.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Ffestiniog

Community: Ffestiniog

Locality: Pont-yr-Afon Gam

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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Exterior

A second-half C19 cast iron milepost with triangular profile; the W face has, in raised lettering: Blaenau Ffestiniog 6, the E: Bala 14. No visible foundry marks.

Listed for its historic interest as a surviving C19 milepost in a prominent roadside location.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Cwm Farm
    At the E end of the Cwm Cynfal and backing onto the Afon Cynfal; accessed via a long track leading E from a metalled lane itself running E from the A 470 at Bont Newydd.
  • II Mile Post
    Located by the side of the mountain road beneath the Graig-y-Garreg-Lwyd and above the Cwm Cynfal to the N; approximately 3km E of Ffestiniog.

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