Milepost on A493 is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 June 2005. Milepost.
Milepost on A493
- WRENN ID
- narrow-parapet-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2005
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on A493, Llangelynin, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 576 082
- Coordinates
- 52.65343, -4.10534
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century triangular cast iron milepost located on the A493. It features a ramped top and is painted black and white with raised letters and numerals. The milepost indicates distances of 12 miles to Dolgelley and 7 miles to Towyn.
Local climate
Milepost on A493 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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