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guide stone, Waberthwaite
civil parish:-   Waberthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   guide stone
coordinates:-   SD11599223
1Km square:-   SD1192
10Km square:-   SD19

photograph
BMB33.jpg  Inscribed sandstone, eroded:-
"TO BROUGHTON TO WHITEHAVEN BY RAVENGLASS" (taken 11.5.2006)  
photograph
BMB32.jpg  Junction of a track and a road, now. Perhaps repositioned?
(taken 11.5.2006)  
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GUIDESTONE ON CORNER OF ROADS TO NORMOSS AND BROAD OAK FARMHOUSES / / / WABERTHWAITE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76288 / SD1158692227"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Guidestone, probably early/mid C19; possibly re-used quoin stone. Sandstone block with chamfered edges on top of boulder wall; c3 ft long on each face and cl ft high. Inscription in Roman lettering on 2 faces: South face, TO BROUGHTON/ TO WHITEHAVEN/ BY RAVENGLASS; east face, TO BROUGHTON/ TO WHITEHAVEN/ BY MUNCASTER."

photograph
BMB34.jpg  Inscribed sandstone, eroded:-
"TO BROUGHTON TO WHITEHAVEN BY MUNCASTER" (taken 11.5.2006)  
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