Milestone on B4242 near Crugau is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2004. Milestone.

Milestone on B4242 near Crugau

WRENN ID
fossil-spandrel-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 2004
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone on B4242 near Crugau, Glynneath
OS grid reference
SN 834 035
Coordinates
51.71869, -3.68865
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on the B4242 near Crugau. It has a triangular shape and is made of worn white painted stone with carved black lettering. The right side of the milestone indicates "VII Miles to Neath," while the left side reads "V Miles to Pont v.n." for Pontneddfechan. There is a benchmark below the lettering.

Local climate

Milestone on B4242 near Crugau sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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