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Old Milestone by Close Farm, Embleton


COCKERMOUTH 4 MILES

KESWICK 9 MILES

Embleton Historic Buildings and Monuments in Embleton CP, Cumbria
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Old Milestone by The Close, east of Embleton
- Photo by Barbara Todd, 24 November 2023. Source: Geograph Britain and Ireland. Image c/o Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

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Simon Cotterill
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Milestone Outside of Close Farmhouse - Embleton, Cumbria - List Entry
- Milestone. Early C19 for the Cockermouth-Keswick Turnpike. Whitewashed slate with shaped top and front cast iron plate inscribed COCKERMOUTH 4 MILES, KESWICK 9 MILES; lettering picked out in black.

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List number: 1146359
List grade: 2
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Milestone id: CU_CMKW04
Grid ref: NY1828830747

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