Old Milestone, Former A2, High Street, Sittingbourne
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old Milestone, Former A2, High Street, Sittingbourne by C Woodward as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Old Milestone, Former A2, High Street, Sittingbourne
Image: © C Woodward Taken: 17 Jul 2007
The milestone is located at the south west corner of St Michael's Churchyard, in the pedestrian zone, set in the end of the flint retaining wall round the graveyard, on the north side of the road. Parish of Sittingbourne (Swale District). Metal plates detached from post, Dover Road facet design, erected by the Chatham & Canterbury turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscriptions read:- 40 / MILES / TO / LONDON : : 15 / MILES / TO / CANTERBURY Milestone Society National ID: KE_LD40
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.339542
Longitude
0.739134