Milestone Approximately 250 Metres South South West of Heronsyke is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1985. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 250 Metres South South West of Heronsyke
- WRENN ID
- leaning-hall-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 527 755
- Coordinates
- 54.17362, -2.72494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 250 meters south-south-west of Heronsyke, dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone. It features an upright stone with deep, hollow chamfers on the front, resting on a semi-circular base. The word "DALTON" is inscribed on the base. There are cast-iron plaques attached to the chamfers, indicating "BURTON" on the south side and "LANCASTER" on the north side, along with the distances to "MARKET CROSS" and "TOWN HALL," both marked as half a mile.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 250 Metres South South West of Heronsyke 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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