Milestone 60M Nw Of Alpine Villa

The milestone located 60 meters northwest of Alpine Villa is a Grade II listed structure, erected in 1760. It is made of granite and has been whitewashed. The milestone is rectangular in shape with a pyramidal top, standing approximately 1.6 meters high and 45 centimeters wide. The front face features black lettering that reads: "II MILE To Saint COLUMB."

Historically, this milestone is associated with the Camelford, Wadebridge and St Columb Turnpike Trust, which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1760 to create a road connecting Hallworthy in the Parish of Davidstow to Mitchell in the parish of St Enoder. This road linked the towns of Camelford, Wadebridge, and St Columb, facilitating traffic from Devon before improvements were made over Bodmin Moor.

The first edition of the Ordnance Survey Map from 1888 marks the milestone's location north of the village of Trevarren, indicating the distance to St Columb Major as two miles. The second edition map from 1907 also shows the milestone in the same location, noting the distance to St Columb Major as two miles and to Truro as twelve and a half miles.

Originally part of the A39 route, the milestone remains in its original location and is intact, which contributes to its historic interest as a notable example of a late 18th-century stone on an important turnpike road.