Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 March 1999. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
final-merlon-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 March 1999
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Llanystumdwy, Criccieth
OS grid reference
SH 474 385
Coordinates
52.92285, -4.27073
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This milestone is made from a single slab of slate that is 7.5mm thick and 46cm wide. It stands approximately 75cm above the ground. The top corners of the slab are angled, and it features deeply cut lettering that reads: TO PWLLHELI 7 miles, TREMADOC 6 miles, and CRICCIETH 1.5 miles.

Local climate

Milestone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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