Milestone West Of Doublebois (Ngr Sx1957564908)

DOBWALLS AND TREWIDLAND

514/0/10025 A38 20-NOV-08 (North side) Milestone West of Doublebois (NGR SX19 57564908)

II Milestone of c.1834. Triangular in plan with a top slightly sloping towards the front. The incised lettering is in Roman capitals with Arabic numerals. The inscription is to two dressed faces, the western face reads 'L 3 ½' and the eastern one `B 9'. The stone was originally painted white with the letters picked out in black, but there are almost no traces of paint remaining.

HISTORY: The Bodmin Turnpike Trust was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1769 to improve the roads into Bodmin. The Trust's original route towards Liskeard was somewhat circuitous and in November 1834 plans were published for a new more direct route through the Glynn Valley. A total of nine milestones were erected along this route and eight of these survive, of which this is one.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The milestone west of Doublebois, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * 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 SX1958264909