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Michaelston Road, CARDIFF, CF5 4SX

4 miles from Cardiff, 8 miles from Cowbridge - and, yes, 162 miles from London, this milestone stands outside Western Cemetery on the A48 in Ely, Cardiff.

Glamorgan Gothic by the A48, in parish of Ely (City of Cardiff District), Cowbridge Road West; 50m west of entrance to the Western Cemetery. Inscription reads:- : TO / CARDIFF / 4 : : CARDIFF DISTRICT : : TO / COWBRIDGE / 8 : : LONDON / 162 / MICHAELSTONE / PARISH : Grade II listed by Cadw. Reference Number: 14083 https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=14083 Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: GLA_162CFCB04

South entrance to Western Cemetery, Ely, Cardiff.

This OS cut mark can be found on No491 Cowbridge Road West. It marks a point 58.577m above mean sea level.

This OS cut mark can be found on the SW angle of the cemetery wall on Cowbridge Road West. It marks a point 65.556m above mean sea level.

Located at 473-475 Cowbridge Road West, opposite the Western Cemetery. Their website states that they are the longest established masons in Wales : generations of the family have run the business since 1821. Carvers in English or Welsh, and also in the Hebrew, Arabic, Greek and Chinese scripts.

A long row of houses on the south side of Cowbridge Road West, facing the SE corner of the Western Cemetery.

This Pub used to have a nice graphic on its main sign outside which now seems to have disappeared. Anyway the name of the Pub derives from the Battle of St Fagans which took place nearby in 1648 between the Roundheads led by Colonel Thomas Horton and the Cavaliers under the command of Colonel John Poyer, who was Governor of Pembroke Castle at that time. Colonel Thomas Horton with a detachment of just under 3,000 well-disciplined troops from the New Model Army, was sent by Sir Thomas Fairfax to secure south Wales for Parliament and to crush the rebellion. He had one and a half regiments of Horse (cavalry), most of Colonel Okey's regiment of Dragoons and most of a regiment of Foot (infantry). Horton at first advanced westwards through Wales towards Carmarthen, but then had to march hastily to Brecon to forestall an uprising there. From Brecon, he then marched south to Cardiff, occupying the city before the Royalists could do so. His force took up quarters in and around St. Fagans, west of the city. Another army under Oliver Cromwell himself was also marching towards Wales. Laugharne was anxious to defeat Horton before Cromwell could reinforce Horton's detachment. After a brief skirmish on 4 May, he launched an attack on 8 May. Laugharne's army consisted of about 7,500 infantry but only 500 cavalry.