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| milestone, Garsdale | ||
| site name:- | road, Sedbergh to Hawes | |
| locality:- | Garsdale valley | |
| civil parish:- | Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | SD75818989 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7589 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD78 | |
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 BJZ12.jpg Cast iron mounted on stone:- "SEDBERGH &HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SEDBERGH 7 MILES / HAWES 9 MILES" (taken 4.11.2005) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE (SEDBERGH 7) APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WEST OF EAST LITTLE TOWN / / HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484474 / SD7580489887" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Mid to later C19. Cast-iron. Triangular shaft with flat-faced semicircular head, painted white, with raised lettering painted black: "SEDBERGH &HAWES / ROAD" on the head, "SEDBERGH 7 MILES" on the left side and "HAWES / 9 MILES" on the right. One of a series of six in this parish." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County series (Yrk 64) |
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| source data:- | "M.S. SEDBERGH 7 HAWES 9" |
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| observation:- |
Sedbergh to the right, Hawes to the left as you look at the milestone; the destination
faces the oncoming traveller. |
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| These milestones have the ironfounders name cast on the upper triangular panel, but
it is rarely legible. |
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