Milepost on A486 is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 June 1996. Memorial.

Milepost on A486

WRENN ID
carved-solder-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 June 1996
Type
Memorial
Address
Milepost on A486, Bwlchygroes, Troedyraur
OS grid reference
SN 378 466
Coordinates
52.094, -4.36882
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a painted cast-iron milepost located on the A486. It has a triangular shape and is hollow, featuring two faces. One side displays the distance to New Quay, which is 10 miles away, while the other side indicates Llandyssul is 5 miles away. The milepost has a chamfered triangular sloping top and a raised rolled border. There is some damage on the left-hand side.

Local climate

Milepost on A486 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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