Milestone on A303 at Ngr St57892538 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone on A303 at Ngr St57892538
- WRENN ID
- sheer-hall-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on A303 at Ngr St57892538, West Camel
- OS grid reference
- ST 578 253
- Coordinates
- 51.02623, -2.60182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the A303, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a cast iron plaque. The pillar has a trapezoidal shape, measuring 800mm to 460mm in width and 150mm in thickness, with a height of 850mm. The plaque is set on the wider face of the pillar and reads "Castle Cary 6 ½ , Ilchester 4". The road was managed by the Ilchester Trust from 1753 to 1874.
Local climate
Milestone on A303 at Ngr St57892538 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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