Milestone at SW 41682 34555, 110m north-east of Bosullow

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A milestone, probably of early C18 date. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406892
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone at SW 41682 34555, 110m north-east of Bosullow

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406892
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone at SW 41682 34555, 110m north-east of Bosullow
Location Description:: The milestone is situated at SW 41682 34555 on the north side of the road, and some 100m north-east of Bosullow. It stands on the open moorland of Bosullow Common, 3 metres from the road edge, on the far side of a deep, narrow drainage ditch.

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Madron
National Grid Reference:: SW4168334555

Summary

A milestone, probably of early C18 date.

Reasons for Designation

The milestone 110m north-east of Bosullow which was erected in the early C18 is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: an intact early-C18 milestone which remains in its original position; * Historic Interest: a pre-turnpike example that is situated on a important route between the mines on the north coast and Penzance harbour.

History

In the period before the turnpike trusts were set up from the middle of the C18, the roads in Cornwall were poor and were indeed little more than bridleways capable of carrying carts and coaches occasionally. Despite this, a small number of these routes were marked by milestones, including the road between Morvah on the north coast and Madron to the north of Penzance. This road is depicted both on Thomas Martyn's map of 1748 and on Greenwood's county map of 1827. Although the route was not a turnpike, it was important for connecting the mines on the north coast to the harbour at Penzance, the stannary town for West Cornwall. The first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880 shows four milestones along the course of the road; although only two remain in situ. The milestone approximately 110m to the north-east of the hamlet of Bosullow marks the distance to Madron and probably dates from the early C18.

Details

A dressed granite milestone which stands within an area of open moorland on the north side of the road. It is rectangular in plan with a rounded top and is approximately 0.7m high. The front (south) face has a rectangular recessed panel which carries the number 3 in bas relief. The stone itself is painted white with the number picked out in black; it also has an inscribed benchmark.

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Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.