Marker Stone Opposite Monument Farm

BREMHILL WICK HILL ST 97 SE 8/89 Marker stone opposite Monument Farm (formerly listed as Inscribed Stone on Wick Hill) II Marker stone, uncertain date, about 1.5m high, with affixed cast- iron plate reading 'From this Wick-Hill /Begins the Praise/Of Maud Heath's Gift/ To these Highways', and 'The translation into English verse of the earlier Latin inscription on the stone was made by the Rev. W.L. Bowles Vicar of Bremhill in 1827'. The starting point of the footpath from Wick Hill to Chippenham maintained from the gift of Maud Heath of Langley Burrell made 12 June 1474. The stone may date from 1698, when the feoffees erected the column at Kellaways Bridge and the corresponding marker stone at Chippenham Clift. (K.R. Clew, Maud Heath's Causeway A brief guide 1982 - leaflet)

Listing NGR: ST9730473696