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milestone, Alston Moor (2)
site name:-   road, Penrith to Alston
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY68704295
1Km square:-   NY6842
10Km square:-   NY64


photograph
BMI88.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"ALSTON 3 / PENRITH 16" and a ?cut bench mark.
(taken 7.7.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE TO SOUTH WEST OF HARTSIDE HOUSE / / A686 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73069 / NY6870042957"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with carved sans-serif lettering on front face picked out in black: ALSTON 3, PENRITH 16. Benchmark added at top."

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