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milestone, Alston Moor (13)
site name:-   road, Alston to Barnard Castle
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY72524519
1Km square:-   NY7245
10Km square:-   NY74


photograph
BMI63.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"ALSTON 1 / ASHGILLHEAD [3]½/ MIDDLETON 21" (taken 7.7.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE TO NORTH EAST OF HIGH ANNAT WALLS / / B6277 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73099 / NY7252245191"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone, probably C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 1/2 ft high with 2 angled front faces and angled top; painted white with carved sans-serif lettering picked out in black: ASHGILLHEAD 9 1/2 to top, ALSTON 1 to left, and MIDDLETON 21 to right."

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