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milestone, Kirkandrews (6)
site name:-   road, Longtown to Edinburgh
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY37186958
1Km square:-   NY3769
10Km square:-   NY36
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
BTM35.jpg  Cast iron plate on stone:-
"CARLISLE 9 MILES" (taken 3.9.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 10 2) 
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. Carlisle .. 9"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE NORTH OF SANDBED AT NGR 371695 / / / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 431531 / NY3719769580"
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 9 MILES. Whitewashed and letters picked out in black."

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