Milestone Opposite Moota Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Moota Inn
- WRENN ID
- half-glass-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Moota Inn, Blindcrake
- OS grid reference
- NY 148 357
- Coordinates
- 54.70988, -3.32235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone opposite Moota Inn is a milestone dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, originally marking the Carlisle to Cockermouth turnpike. It is made of whitewashed stone and features a round-topped design with a curved face. At the front, there is a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances: "CARLISLE 22 MILES," "WIGTON 11 MILES," and "COCKERMOUTH 4½ MILES," with the lettering highlighted in black.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Moota Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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