Guidestone 275M South East Of Broads Cottages

HELLAND

HELLAN Guidestone 275m South East of Broads C 1557/0/10004 ottages 11-NOV-10

II Guidepost. Early C18. MATERIAL: Granite. It has a tall rectangular-section shaft, approximately 1.2m high, which is surmounted by a square capstone with a slightly domed top. Directions to BODMIN; LISKEARD; CAMELFORD; and WADEBRIDGE are incised on the four faces of the cap. HISTORY: In 1697, following parliamentary acts, Justices in the Highways Sessions were authorised to require Surveyors of Highways to set up `direction stones or posts at cross highways'. Guideposts such as this one were probably erected to aid travellers using such routes. It is one of a number of roadside markers in North Cornwall, located on the roads between Bodmin and Camelford, which employ this design.

REASON FOR DESIGNATION: The guidepost south east of Broads Cottages, Helland is designated for the following principal reasons: * An early example of a roadside marker which pre-dates the more typical street furniture of the mid-C19 and later * One of a number of similar guideposts in North Cornwall that are listed * A significant reminder of the importance of transport networks for the movement of goods and people