Replacement stone for listed milestone on eastern verge of A7 north of Blackford

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Replacement stone for listed milestone on eastern verge of A7 north of Blackford

Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 9 Jun 2021

Ordnance Survey records indicate that there was a rivet benchmark on top of the original milestone which showed 4 miles to Carlisle. The mark levelled at 24.231m above Newlyn Datum was verified in 1972.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.955449
Longitude
-2.944219