Direction indicator is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 August 1999. Direction indicator.

Direction indicator

WRENN ID
third-hammer-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 August 1999
Type
Direction indicator
Address
Direction indicator, Pont-Rug, Llanrug
OS grid reference
SH 513 631
Coordinates
53.14453, -4.22429
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a direction indicator, a narrow rectangular plaque made of slate stone, set into a rubblestone boundary wall. The plaque is inscribed with the word "MILES" on the right side, and below it on the left side, it reads "TO CAEATHRAW 11/2/ TO BONTNEWYDD 3". There is also an incised hand on the right side, featuring pointing fingers.

Local climate

Direction indicator sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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