Milestone, Cupar Road, Newport-On-Tay is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 November 2002. Milestone.

Milestone, Cupar Road, Newport-On-Tay

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 November 2002
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NO 423 273
Coordinates
56.43486, -2.93654
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on Cupar Road in Newport-On-Tay, created by Alexander Russell from Kirkcaldy in 1824. The milestone is made of cast iron, has a shouldered and slightly bowed shape, and is set into a stone wall. It stands approximately 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. The inscription is in flowing script and reads 'To Pettycur 32, New Inn 19, Cupar 10, Newport 1'. The milestone is painted white with raised black lettering and margins. It is positioned on the east side of the road, facing west.

Local climate

Milestone, Cupar Road, Newport-On-Tay receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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