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| guide stone, Gosforth | ||
| locality:- | Gosforth | |
| civil parish:- | Gosforth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | guide stone | |
| coordinates:- | NY06410370 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0603 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY00 | |
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 BOJ74.jpg Inscribed stone:- "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES / [hand] TO EGREMONT 6 / TO RAVENGLASS [5] MILES / TO ULVERSTON 31 [hand]" (taken 7.12.2007)  BOJ75.jpg Inscribed stone:- "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES / TO EGREMONT 6 [hand ] / TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES / [hand] TO [KENDAL] 31" (taken 7.12.2007) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE ON WALL TO NORTH WEST OF HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE / / A595 / GOSFORTH / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76220 / NY0641103711" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone; possibly c1812 when the roads were made up. Monolithic sandstone block placed on top of wall. Trapezoid in plan. c3 ft long and cl ft 3 ins high; painted white with crude incised lettering and outline hands picked out in black. East face (with chamfered edges): TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6 (hand points to right); TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES TO KENDAL 36 (hand points to left). West face: TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6 (hand points to left); TO RAVENGLASS 5 MILES TO ULVERSTON 31 (hand points to right)." |
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