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milestone, Westlinton
site name:-   road, Carlisle to Longtown
civil parish:-   Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY39646266
1Km square:-   NY3962
10Km square:-   NY36


photograph
BSK22.jpg  Defaced, or cast iron plates stolen?
(taken 2.4.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 3) 
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 .. 4"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 39650 62650 / / / WESTLINTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77977 / NY3964762653"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably 1793 for Carlisle-Longtown Turnpike. Whitewashed red sandstone. Rounded top stone has circular recess on front for cast-iron plate now missing. Has painted black letters instead, CARLISLE 4 MILES. Bench mark on top."

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