Milestone Circa 400 Yards North West of Ottercops Road End is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Circa 400 Yards North West of Ottercops Road End
- WRENN ID
- fossil-cobble-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NY 953 888
- Coordinates
- 55.19415, -2.07525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 400 yards north-west of the Ottercops road end, dates from around 1829. It is made of sandstone and is painted white. The milestone has a triangular shape with a rounded back and stands about 20 inches high. One side is inscribed with "Otterburn," while the other side reads "Newcastle 5 miles" and "25 miles." This milestone marks a section of the Newcastle-Jedburgh Turnpike, which was originally opened in 1776, but this particular section represents a new line established in 1829.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 400 Yards North West of Ottercops Road End receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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