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milestone, Garsdale (3)
site name:-   road, Sedbergh to Hawes
locality:-   Garsdale valley
civil parish:-   Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD77229058
1Km square:-   SD7790
10Km square:-   SD79


photograph
BQV27.jpg  Cast iron mounted on stone:-
"SEDBERGH &HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SEDBERGH 8 MILES / HAWES 8 MILES" (taken 18.6.2009)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE (SEDBERGH 8) APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF SCAR FOOT BRIDGE / / HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484475 / SD7722290581"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Mid to later C19. Cast-iron. Triangular shaft with flat-faced semicircular head, painted white, with raised lettering painted black: "SEDBERGH &HAWES / ROAD" on the head, "SEDBERGH / 8 MILES" on the left side and "HAWES / 8 MILES" on the right. One of a series of six in this parish."

evidence:-   old map:- OS County series (Yrk 64) 
source data:-   "M.S. SEDBERGH 8 HAWES 8"

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