Milestone on Former Akeman Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Milestone.
Milestone on Former Akeman Street
- WRENN ID
- little-shingle-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Former Akeman Street, Ampney Crucis
- OS grid reference
- SP 082 037
- Coordinates
- 51.7326, -1.88197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone is located on the former Akeman Street, a Roman road, and dates from the early to mid-18th century. It is a single stone slab approximately 0.8 meters high, featuring a curved top. An iron plate is attached to the stone, painted white with embossed black lettering that reads: "TO / CIRENCESTER / 4 / MILES".
Local climate
Milestone on Former Akeman Street receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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