Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 1 Aug 2021
I cleaned and repainted this milestone on the Doncaster Saltersbrook turnpike of 1740 in 2016. It is on a piece of cut-off original road westwards from what was the Flouch Inn, now closed. On a visit in 2021 the lettering was refreshed, always difficult on these old weathered stones.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.510006
Longitude
-1.706983