Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 2002. Milestone.

Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir

WRENN ID
floating-spindle-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 2002
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir, Aberystwyth, Faenor
OS grid reference
SN 619 837
Coordinates
52.43385, -4.03195
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron mileplate with a curved top, measuring about 45 centimeters wide and 65 centimeters high. It is set into a white painted stone milestone that stands approximately 1 meter high. The painted cast plate is inscribed with the words 'ABERYSTWYTH 3 MILES'.

Local climate

Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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