Milestone on ridgeway track at NGR ST8300234438 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. A C18 Milestone.

Milestone on ridgeway track at NGR ST8300234438

WRENN ID
endless-barrel-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1989
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone on ridgeway track at NGR ST8300234438, Mere
OS grid reference
ST 830 344
Coordinates
51.10897, -2.24418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on a ridgeway track, dated 1750. It is made of limestone and measures approximately 1 meter by 400 millimeters by 250 millimeters, featuring a wave-curve top. The milestone has an incised inscription that reads, "XXI/MILES/FROM SARUM/XCIX/FROM/LONDON/1750." It lies in a field next to a fence and is part of a series of milestones on a now abandoned route.

Local climate

Milestone on ridgeway track at NGR ST8300234438 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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