Milestone & drinking trough W of entrance to Maes-y-coed Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 2002. Milestone.
Milestone & drinking trough W of entrance to Maes-y-coed Farm
- WRENN ID
- standing-ember-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 2002
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone & drinking trough W of entrance to Maes-y-coed Farm, Afonwen, Caerwys
- OS grid reference
- SJ 129 715
- Coordinates
- 53.23418, -3.30526
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The milestone and drinking trough, located west of the entrance to Maes-y-coed Farm, is made of freestone and is mounted between two drinking troughs. The troughs consist of monolithic basins with grooved overflow channels along their moulded sides. The plinth beneath the milestone is inscribed with the message 'a gift by friends to animals'. At the base of the milestone, there is an iron pipe and grooves that channel water to the basins. The milestone features pointed fingers to indicate directions and is inscribed with distances: 'St Asaph 8½ miles, Denbigh 6¾ miles, and Mold 9¼ miles'. Both sides of the milestone also display the inscriptions 'Caerwys 1 mile, Holywell 6¾ miles'. The gabled cap of the milestone bears the date and the royal monogram 'VR'. Additionally, there is a rubble stone wall added at the rear.
Local climate
Milestone & drinking trough W of entrance to Maes-y-coed Farm receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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