Cast-iron road marker at Ellwood is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 2015. Road marker.

Cast-iron road marker at Ellwood

WRENN ID
lone-keystone-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 2015
Type
Road marker
OS grid reference
SO 591 081
Coordinates
51.77091, -2.59307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cast-iron road marker at Ellwood commemorates the creation of the road through the Royal Forest of Dean in 1906. It is a semi-circular headed plaque, approximately 0.6 meters high, located by the roadside. The plaque features a raised rim and lettering, with an inscription that reads:

THIS ROAD FOR A DISTANCE / OF 1485 YARDS [right arrow] WAS MADE / AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CROWN / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE / INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST / AND DISTRICT / 1906 / E STAFFORD HOWARD ESQ / COMMISSIONER / PHILIP BAYLIS / DEP[UTY] SURV [EYOR].

Local climate

Cast-iron road marker at Ellwood receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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