Milestone at Bramble Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2008. Milestone.
Milestone at Bramble Wood
- WRENN ID
- broken-iron-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Bramble Wood, St. Mellion
- OS grid reference
- SX 352 653
- Coordinates
- 50.46434, -4.32242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone at Bramble Wood is a granite structure dating from around 1764. It is a rectangular post made of ashlar stone with a rounded head. The milestone features incised lettering with serifs that indicates the distance to Callington as "C 3". There is also a painted arrow to the right of the 'C' pointing towards Callington.
This milestone is part of a series established by the Callington Turnpike Trust, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1764. The Act outlined eight routes, including the one leading to Callington from St Germans via Clapper Bridge, which originally had three milestones.
Milestones are significant as they are among the few remaining physical markers of historic road use, showcasing the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes. This particular milestone is one of several late 18th-century granite markers erected by the Callington Turnpike Trust. It remains intact and in its original location, and it has group value with other listed mileposts along this route, as well as with the 16th-century bridge located immediately to the south.
Local climate
Milestone at Bramble Wood 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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