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milestone, Lupton (3)
site name:-   road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
civil parish:-   Lupton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD57128039
1Km square:-   SD5780
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 2) 
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. Kirkby Lonsdale .. [3] Kendal .. 10"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES TO NORTH OF HORNSBARROW / / A65 / LUPTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75700 / SD5711580395"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19. Painted dressed stone. Square base and broadly chamfered front angles, giving triangular shape. Inscribed to left chamfer: "KL/3", and to right: "KENDAL/10/MILNTHORPE/6 1/2", the figures in sunk panels. Benchmark to top. Base now buried."

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