Old Milepost by A361, village of Dean
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Old Milepost by A361, village of Dean
Image: © JR Dowding Taken: 1 Jan 2010
The Milepost is located on the grass verge near houses on the South of the road. Parish of Cranmore (Mendip District). Cast iron post, plated iron casting design, erected by the Shepton Mallet turnpike trust in the 19th Century. It has been broken and welded back together (on back of top "BUCI") and repositioned. An earlier photograph can be found here: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6072295 Inscription reads:- SHEPTON / MALLET / 4 : : FROME / 8 : : LONDON / 111 Milestone Society National ID: SO_SMFR04
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Image Location
Latitude
51.195003
Longitude
-2.467772