Old Milestone, Peak Forest Canal

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Old Milestone, Peak Forest Canal

Image: © Mr Red Taken: 23 Jun 2021

The broken foot of a very solidly buried dressed stone, at the right location to be the remains of a milestone. It is not obvious there would have been a subscription cut but a typical one would be: Inscription: Dukinfield Junction 4 / Bugsworth Basin 10½ Milestone Society National ID: PFC-04

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.431674
Longitude
-2.098921