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milestone, Casterton
site name:-   road, Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD62468012
1Km square:-   SD6280
10Km square:-   SD68


photograph
BNB47.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"S 9 / KL 1¾/ CASTERTON" (taken 1.12.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 48 1) 
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.
"M.S. Kirkby Lonsdale .. 1 3/4 Sedbergh .. 9"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE BY THE GRANGE / / A683 / CASTERTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75610 / SD6246380122"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19. Painted stone. Semicircular on plan, on square base with broaches. Inscribed: "S:K.L./9:l3/4", and on base: "CASTERTON". Set on Sedbergh to Greta Bridge turnpike road, 1762."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 90M SOUTH OF THE A683 (SOUTH) JUNCTION / / A65 / CASTERTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75607 / SD6198577905"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19. Dressed stone. Triangular stone with chamfered front angle. Inscribed with the figures: 1 (mile to Kirkby Lonsdale) and 16 (miles to Settle)."

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