Milestone Between the Tadnoll Turn and West Fossil Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Milestone.

Milestone Between the Tadnoll Turn and West Fossil Dairy

WRENN ID
low-facade-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Between the Tadnoll Turn and West Fossil Dairy, Dorchester Road, Chaldon Herring
OS grid reference
SY 787 848
Coordinates
50.66323, -2.30154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located between the Tadnoll turn and West Fossil Dairy, is likely from the 19th century. It features a round-topped stone that is marked with the distances to Wareham (9 miles) and Dorchester (8 miles), as well as an Ordnance Survey Bench Mark.

Local climate

Milestone Between the Tadnoll Turn and West Fossil Dairy receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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