Milestone at Sx 386708 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Sx 386708

WRENN ID
dark-pewter-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sx 386708, Calstock
OS grid reference
SX 386 708
Coordinates
50.51481, -4.27722
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century milestone located in Calstock. It is a granite monolith approximately 70 centimetres high, featuring a round head. The milestone has carved lettering in sans-serif upper case indicating "C2 T7½," which refers to the distances to Callington and Tavistock. There is also a benchmark at the base. This milestone is associated with the Turnpike Acts for roads leading into Callington and Tavistock, established in 1762.

Local climate

Milestone at Sx 386708 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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