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Latitude: 54.932 / 54°55'55"N
Longitude: -2.7946 / 2°47'40"W
OS Eastings: 349184
OS Northings: 559993
OS Grid: NY491599
Mapcode National: GBR 8CXD.ST
Mapcode Global: WH7ZZ.19JD
Plus Code: 9C6VW6J4+R5
Entry Name: Milestone at National Grid Reference Ny 49170 59980
Listing Date: 16 January 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087624
English Heritage Legacy ID: 77912
ID on this website: 101087624
Location: Ruleholme, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA6
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Irthington
Built-Up Area: Carlisle Airport
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Irthington St Kentigern
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Milestone
NY 45 NE IRTHINGTON RULEHOLME
12/117 Milestone at
NGR NY 49170 59980
II
Milestone. Probably 1758, for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. Sandstone,
cast-iron plates. Chamfered stone to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one
face with cast plate in 4 lines CARLISLE 7 MILES, other face TO NEWCASTLE 49
MILES in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked-out in black. In 1811
the road became the Carlisle-Temon Turnpike. Each milestone is clearly drawn on
Hodgkinson and Donalds map of Cumberland and Westmorland, surveyed 1770.
Listing NGR: NY4918459993
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