Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2001. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
steep-granite-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 2001
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Usk Road, Chepstow, Shirenewton
OS grid reference
ST 494 942
Coordinates
51.64466, -2.73188
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This milestone is made of limestone blocks and has a chipped top. It is inscribed with the distances to Chepstow, which is 5 miles away, and Usk, which is 13 miles away, although part of the inscription is obscured.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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