Milestone at Sx 065712 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. Milestone.

Milestone at Sx 065712

WRENN ID
drifting-hammer-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sx 065712, Helland
OS grid reference
SX 065 712
Coordinates
50.50936, -4.72978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century milestone located at SX 065712 in Helland. It is a granite monolith approximately one metre high, featuring a rounded head. The front of the milestone has upper case lettering with serifs, indicating "B3" for Bodmin. This milestone is associated with the Turnpike Act for roads leading into Bodmin, which was established in 1769.

Local climate

Milestone at Sx 065712 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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