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milestone, Kirklinton Middle
not found
site name:-   road, Brampton to Longtown
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY41736589
1Km square:-   NY4165
10Km square:-   NY46
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 10 12) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"M.S. Brampton .. 8 Longtown .. 3"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 41730 65880 / / A6071 (WEST OF BURNT HILL) / KIRKLINTON MIDDLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77923 / NY4173565886"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably 1807 for the Brampton-Longtown Turnpike. Whitewashed red sandstone. Square stone set at angle to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one inscribed 3 (the miles to Longtown), the other 8 (the miles to Brampton), the numbers picked-out in black."

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