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milestone, Kirklinton Middle (3)
site name:-   road, Brampton to Longtown
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY44816511
1Km square:-   NY4465
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
CEL84.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"5" "6" (taken 14.6.2013)  courtesy of Terry Moore
Image ©  Terry Moore

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 11 13) 
placename:-  
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 Longtown 5 Brampton 6"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 44810 65100 / / A6071 (EAST OF SMITHFIELD) / KIRKLINTON MIDDLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77921 / NY4481065102"
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 5 (the miles to Longtown), the other 6 (the miles to Brampton), the numbers picked-out in black."


photograph
BSK70.jpg  Distressed:-
"[ ] / [5|6]" it depends on whether you read the inscribed or painted figure
(taken 2.4.2010)  

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