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guide stone, Gosforth
locality:-   Gosforth
civil parish:-   Gosforth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   guide stone
coordinates:-   NY06410370
1Km square:-   NY0603
10Km square:-   NY00


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BOJ74.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES / [hand] TO EGREMONT 6 / TO RAVENGLASS [5] MILES / TO ULVERSTON 31 [hand]" (taken 7.12.2007)  
photograph
BOJ75.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES / TO EGREMONT 6 [hand ] / TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES / [hand] TO [KENDAL] 31" (taken 7.12.2007)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON WALL TO NORTH WEST OF HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE / / A595 / GOSFORTH / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76220 / NY0641103711"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone; possibly c1812 when the roads were made up. Monolithic sandstone block placed on top of wall. Trapezoid in plan. c3 ft long and cl ft 3 ins high; painted white with crude incised lettering and outline hands picked out in black. East face (with chamfered edges): TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6 (hand points to right); TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES TO KENDAL 36 (hand points to left). West face: TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6 (hand points to left); TO RAVENGLASS 5 MILES TO ULVERSTON 31 (hand points to right)."

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