Milestone Circa 85M South-East Of Tresawsan Cottage

The milestone located approximately 85 meters south-east of Tresawsan Cottage in St Michael Penkevil is a stone structure painted white, with black lettering. It stands 1.05 meters high and is 0.46 meters wide, featuring a rectangular shape that narrows to an arched top. The lettering, carved in sans-serif capitals, reads: 'FROM / TREGOTHNAN / 2 / MILES', and there is a benchmark carved beneath the inscription.

This milestone is one of four privately erected milestones that mark the approach to Tregothnan House, believed to date from the early part of the 19th century, possibly around 1818, when the house was remodeled for the fourth Viscount Falmouth by architect William Wilkins. These milestones are positioned along a public, unclassified road leading south from what is now the A390 at Trelowthas, rather than on the private drive to the house.

The milestone is designated for its historical significance as part of a group marking the route to a private residence, its intact condition as a complete early 19th-century example, and its group value with the Grade I listed Tregothnan House and the other listed milestones in the area.