Fingerpost at The Rocks is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 2001. Monument.
Fingerpost at The Rocks
- WRENN ID
- quiet-ledge-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 2001
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Fingerpost at The Rocks, Llanynys, Builth Wells, Duhonw
- OS grid reference
- SO 028 504
- Coordinates
- 52.14342, -3.42086
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The fingerpost at The Rocks is an iron structure featuring three rings on its shaft, three indicator arms, and a circular finial at the top. The arms are marked with the names 'Maesmynis', 'Builth Wells 3/4', and 'Llanynis/ Llangammarch Wells 6 3/4'. The top circle is inscribed with 'Brecon County'.
Local climate
Fingerpost at The Rocks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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