Direction stone at the junction of Foxwell Lane and the A30

Mid-C18 direction stone south of Middle Chinnock at the junction of Foxwell Lane and the A30.

MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone.

DESCRIPTION: a direction marker dating from around 1745 with a pointing hand cut into the stone surface. The stone is approximately 80cm high, tapering from 35cm by 33cm at its base to 24cm by 22cm at the top. The hands indicate the direction to named principal destinations; the distances are not included. On the south face a cuffed hand points west, below this are the remains of letters which may spell C (REWKE / RNE ROAD). Above the pointing hand are other letters including Y (EO) VI (L) / R (OAD). On the east face the letters are illegible. At the very top of this face there are the remains of an Ordnance Survey Bench Mark.