Milestone at Sx 280 709 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Sx 280 709

WRENN ID
stony-dormer-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sx 280 709, Linkinhorne
OS grid reference
SX 280 709
Coordinates
50.51331, -4.4267
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located at SX 280 709, dates from the 19th century and is made of granite. It stands about 70 centimetres high and features a triangular head. The milestone has carved painted lettering in upper case, sans serif, indicating the distance to Liskeard as 5 miles.

Local climate

Milestone at Sx 280 709 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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