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place:- roman milestone, Middleton
parish Middleton parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
roman milestone; milestone
coordinates:- SD62278588
10Km square:- SD68

1Km square SD6285

photograph

roman milestone, Middleton -- Middleton -- Cumbria / -- Inscribed stone:- -- 'M P LIII / SOLO ERUTUM RESTITUIT CUL. MOO[R]E AN~. MDCCCXXXVI' -- 31.3.2006
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roman milestone, Middleton -- Middleton -- Cumbria / -- mille passus 53 ... -- 31.3.2006

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 8)

County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
Milliarium
milestone
date:- 1890=1899
period:- 19th century, late; 1890s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
ROMAN MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 74 METRES TO WEST OF ROAD / / A683 / MIDDLETON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 75735 / SD6226385883
courtesy of English Heritage
Milestone. Roman. Dressed stone. Cylindrical shaft, approx 1,676mm high and 457mm in diameter. East side has inscription: "MP LIII": 53 miles to ? Carlisle. Below it an inscription: "SOLO ERVTVM/RESTITVIT/GVL MOORE/AN MDCCCXXXVI": added by the historian, Dr Lingard, to commemorate its discovery and re-erection by W. Moore. Diagonal scratch marks on west side probably made by ploughs. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
district:- South Lakeland
listed building
coordinates:- SD62268588
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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