Milestone at Ngr 679526 is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1990. Milestone.

Milestone at Ngr 679526

WRENN ID
forbidden-bonework-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1990
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Ngr 679526, B3207, Modbury
OS grid reference
SX 678 526
Coordinates
50.35859, -3.85871
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located on the south side of the B3207 in Modbury, dating from the early 19th century. This milestone is a painted granite block, triangular in shape, measuring approximately 800 mm high and 450 mm wide. It is inscribed with the distances: "To Mod 1" and "to Dart 15 1/2". This milestone is part of a series that marked the Modbury to Dartmouth turnpike, which was re-routed south of Brawnston in the 1820s or 1830s.

Local climate

Milestone at Ngr 679526 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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