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milestone, Garsdale (4)
site name:-   road, Sedbergh to Hawes
locality:-   Garsdale valley
civil parish:-   Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD78339168
1Km square:-   SD7891
10Km square:-   SD79


photograph
BSF16.jpg  Cast iron mounted on stone:-
"SEDBERGH &HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SEDBERGH 9 MILES / HAWES 7 MILES" (taken 26.2.2010)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE (SEDBERGH 9) APPROXIMATELY 250 METRES EAST OF HARDING BRIDGE (NOT INCLUDED) / / HAWES ROAD / GARSDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484476 / SD7835291698"
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 9 MILES" on the left side and "HAWES / 7 MILES" on the right. One of a series of six in this parish."

evidence:-   old map:- OS County series (Yrk 64) 
source data:-   "SEDBERGH 9 HAWES 7 M.S."

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