MILESTONE EAST OF NUMBER 325 - Carlisle - List Entry

  • Description

    "Milestone. Probably 1820-1822 for the Carlisle-Glasgow Turnpike. Red sandstone ashlar. Rounded-top stone has set into its face a circular cast-iron plate with raised letters CARLISLE 2 MILES. Stone originally whitewashed and plate with lettering picked out in black. May have moved a few metres from its original position to allow for slip road. Photograph of this in its original position is in Carlisle Museum. This stone is set close to the former Kingstown Toll Cottage (not included)...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196921
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 months, 1 week ago
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