Fingerpost on junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd Road is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 February 2023. Fingerpost.

Fingerpost on junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd Road

WRENN ID
noble-pedestal-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 February 2023
Type
Fingerpost
Address
Fingerpost on junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd Road, Llanarthney
OS grid reference
SN 492 200
Coordinates
51.85836, -4.18998
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron fingerpost located at the junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd Road. It features a plain post with a moulded capital. The fingerpost has two arms, each displaying raised lettering: the upper arm reads ‘PORTHYRHYD 3¼ miles’ and the lower arm reads ‘LLANDILO 9½ miles’. The post is topped with a ring that is inscribed with ‘CARMARTHEN CC’.

Local climate

Fingerpost on junction of Capel Dewi Road and Porthyrhyd Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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