Milestone at Craig y Gronfa is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 2004. Milestone.

Milestone at Craig y Gronfa

WRENN ID
stony-cobalt-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 August 2004
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Craig y Gronfa, Cwm Llinau, Glantwymyn
OS grid reference
SH 862 116
Coordinates
52.69043, -3.68419
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a rectangular slate milestone located at Craig y Gronfa. The pillar has chamfered top angles and is inscribed with the following distances: Machynlleth 11 miles, Mallwyd 2 miles, and Pool 27 miles.

Local climate

Milestone at Craig y Gronfa sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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