Old Milestone by the A596 at Micklethwaite
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Description
"Metal plate attached to stone post by the A596, in parish of THURSBY (ALLERDALE District), 50m West of Micklethwaite Farm, North East of Micklethwaite, in verge, on North side of road. Carlisle red stone and curved plate, erected by the Cockermouth & Carlisle turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- CARLISLE 9 MILES WIGTON 2 MILE COCKERMOUTH 17½ MILES Carved benchmark. Grade II Listed. List Entry Number: 1144641 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1144641 Milestone Society National ID: CU_CLCMa09." Photo by CF Smith, 2005. -
Owner
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What does this mean? Creative Commons License -
Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5622983
Resource type: Image
Added by: Edmund Anon
Last modified: 3 years, 8 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2005-07-25 -
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