Milestone (South West Of Drawdykes Castle) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone (South West Of Drawdykes Castle)

WRENN ID
sunken-lintel-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

STANWIX RURAL DRAWDYKES NY 45 NW Milestone 5/63 (South West of Drawdykes Castle)

II

Milestone. Probably 1758, for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. Sandstone, cast-iron plates. Chamfered stone to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one face with cast plate in 3 lines CARLISLE 2 MILES, other face TO NEWCASTLE 54 MILES, in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked-out in black. In 1811 this became the Carlisle-Tamon Turnpike. Each milestone is clearly drawn on Hodgskinson and Donald's map of Cumberland and Westmorland, survey 1770.

Listing NGR: NY4161458402

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