Roman milestone
Introduction
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Roman milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 3 Sep 2016
Another view of the Roman milestone in Castleford Museum and Library. Most Roman milestones did not have distances but just marked the route and honoured the emperor ruling at the time the stone was set up. There is another Roman milestone from Castleford in Leeds City Museum.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.726572
Longitude
-1.350825