Old Boundary Marker on Styles Hill, Easthill

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Old Boundary Marker on Styles Hill, Easthill

Image: © R Raynsford Taken: Unknown

Commemorative Marker set in a high stone wall on the southeast side of the A3098 Styles Hill, Easthill. Frome parish. Inscribed THIS HILL / WAS LOWERED / 7 (OCT) 1861. (From Historic England) Styles Hill became a turnpike in about 1830 but since it was too steep a deeper cutting was made in 1861 and the revetment with its commemorative tablet was constructed. Grade II Listed details https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345008. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3982564. Milestone Society National ID: SO_FROME03cm

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.228839
Longitude
-2.304279