Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 19 Mar 2023
Looking westwards along the A639. When these milestones were set up for the WRCC in 1893/94 the good quality stone which was sourced from a quarry in Kirkstall was not painted. But at some time in the last 100+ years many of the stones were painted, white, black or grey.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.90776
Longitude
-1.418649