Milestone E of Penpont is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 May 2005. Milestone.

Milestone E of Penpont

WRENN ID
upper-granite-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 May 2005
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone E of Penpont, Trallong, Powys
OS grid reference
SN 977 285
Coordinates
51.94642, -3.48963
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 18th century, is made of painted stone and features a curved head. It is inscribed with the distance to Brecon as 5 miles and to Trecastle, although the lower numeral for Trecastle is obscured but is presumably 7 miles.

Local climate

Milestone E of Penpont sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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