MILESTONE AT NGR 805 529
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1108273
Date first listed: 26-Apr-1993
Statutory Address: MILESTONE AT NGR 805 529
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Location
Statutory Address: MILESTONE AT NGR 805 529
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: South Hams (District Authority)
Parish: Cornworthy
County: Devon
District: South Hams (District Authority)
Parish: Halwell and Moreleigh
National Grid Reference: SX 80477 52906
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
HALWELL
SX85SW
10/323 Milestone at NGR 805
529
II
Milestone. Circa 1824. Granite monolith. Rounded heads to splayed front
and roughtly cut flat back set into bank.
The front is inscribed "To Dartmouth 6" on the right hand side and "To
Kingsbridge 8" on the left hand side (inscription below is obscured).
These directions are inscribed on the wrong sides of the stone, therefore
the stone must have been reset on the wrong side of the road.
The Dartmouth-Modbury Trust was initiated by the turnpike act of 1824.
Source: W Albert. The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840 p221.
Listing NGR: SX8047752906
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 101235
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Albert, W, The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840, (1972), 221
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing