Old milestone & old milepost
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Old milestone & old milepost
Image: © Willy Findlay Taken: 3 Nov 2021
On the A811 north from Alexandria and Dumbarton and opposite the Gowk Inn, now a house, are these two mile markers. The upper red sandstone set in the wall bordering Auchenlinnhe House is like the stone in Drymen opposite the Buchanan Arms at Image The metal plate is one of the posts erected at the turn of the 19/20C. The Dunbarton 6 and 8 plates were still in place a few years ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.033827
Longitude
-4.545737