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milestone, Kirklinton Middle (2)
site name:-   road, Brampton to Longtown
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY43306546
1Km square:-   NY4365
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BZJ44.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"4" "7" (taken 27.9.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 11 9) 
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.
"BRAMPTON .. 7 LONGTOWN .. 4 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 43320 65430 / / A6071 (WEST OF SMITHFIELD) / KIRKLINTON MIDDLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77922 / NY4330465464"
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 4 (the miles to Longtown), the other 7 (the miles to Brampton), the numbers picked-out in black."

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