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milestone, Kirkandrews
site name:-   road, Longtown to Edinburgh
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY38687227
1Km square:-   NY3872
10Km square:-   NY37


photograph
BMQ28.jpg  Cast iron plate on stone:-
"CARLISLE 11 MILES" (taken 15.9.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 6) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"CARLISLE 11 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NGR 386 722 / / A7 / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78150 / NY3867772274"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Early C19, for the Longtown to Edinburgh Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast iron plate. Squared stone with rounded top, has circular plate on front with raised letters CARLISLE 11 MILES. Whitewashed and letters picked out in black."

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