Guidestone 400M Ne Of Tregooden

The guidestone located 400 meters northeast of Tregooden is a Grade II listed structure dating from the early 18th century. It stands in its original position, near a later listed milestone. The guidestone features a 1.83-meter high ovoid granite pillar topped with a 0.20-meter thick capstone. Each of the four faces of the capstone is deeply incised in Roman capitals with the names of various Cornish places. One face is inscribed "LISKD" for Liskeard, another reads "CAMELFO," which has been damaged and would have originally read Camelford. A third face now reads "TUDY," originally "ST TUDY," and the final face is inscribed "BODMIN."

Historically, in 1697, Acts of Parliament authorized Justices in Highway Sessions to require surveyors of highways to erect direction stones or posts at crossroads. This guidestone is part of a distinctive group of early 18th-century guidestones with capstones along the roads connecting Bodmin and Camelford.

The guidestone is designated at Grade II for several reasons: it is a notable example of an unusual type of early 18th-century guidestone, it remains in its original location, it retains most of its original inscription, and it has group value with other stones in the series.