Old milestone in wall of Fishponds Road
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Old milestone in wall of Fishponds Road
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 9 Apr 2013
The milestone indicates 3 miles to Bristol, and has a weathered Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark below the mileage plate. The stone and benchmark are over 100 years old, both shown on the 1882 map. The mark is described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm48021
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Image Location
Latitude
51.481042
Longitude
-2.528728