Milestone to South West of Skelgillrigg is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Milestone.

Milestone to South West of Skelgillrigg

WRENN ID
hallowed-ashlar-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone to South West of Skelgillrigg, A689, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 733 462
Coordinates
54.81028, -2.41548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located to the southwest of Skelgillrigg, was likely created in the 19th century for the Alston Turnpike Trust. It is a single stone approximately 2.5 feet high, featuring two angled front faces and an angled top. The stone is painted white with carved sans-serif lettering highlighted in black. The inscriptions read "NENTHEAD 3½" at the top, "ALSTON 1" to the left, and "COPTHILL 8¾" to the right.

Local climate

Milestone to South West of Skelgillrigg sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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