MILESTONE SOUTH OF CHY-PRAZE (NGR SX0862966282)

BODMIN

629-1/0/10018 A38 07-JAN-09 Milestone south of Chy-Praze (NGR SX08 62966282)

GV II The milestone, dated 1834, is triangular in plan with two dressed faces and a flat faintly sloping top. It stands approximately 65cm high. Large deeply incised lettering on two faces gives the distance to Bodmin and Liskeard.

The inscription reads:'L 11 1/2 : B1'

It stands approximately 65cm high.

HISTORY The milestone is one of a series erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1769. In 1834 the Trust set about improving its route from Bodmin to Liskeard and erected a number of milestones over the new nine mile route along the Glyn valley. This example, close to the tollhouse, is the first of a series of eight.

The milestone on the A38 100m SE of the Fourways Tollhouse is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

• It is one of a number of milestones erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust in 1834 and is close to the nearby Tollhouse. * It stands in its original location, and is intact. * It is a good example of an early C19 milestone, illustrating the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of C19 Cornwall.