Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 March 1975. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- salt-cloister-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1975
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Caerphilly Centre
- OS grid reference
- ST 157 861
- Coordinates
- 51.56781, -3.21649
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This milestone is made of limestone and has a roughly rectangular shape that tapers towards the top. The front face features an inscription that reads 'From / Cardiff / VII Mile'. It is now built into a garden wall made of snecked stone, serving as an end pier.
Local climate
Milestone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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