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place:- milestone, Arthuret (3)
site name:- road, Carlisle to Longtown
locality:- Longtown
parish Arthuret parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
milestone
coordinates:- NY38066838
10Km square:- NY36
References OS County Series (Cmd 10)

1Km square NY3868

photograph

milestone, Arthuret (3) -- road, Carlisle to Longtown -- Longtown -- Arthuret -- Cumbria / -- Cast iron plates on stone:- -- 'CARLISLE 8 MILES [hand] / LONGTOWN [hand] 1/2 MILE' -- 15.9.2006

source:- OS County Series (Cmd 10)

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.
M.S. CARLISLE 8 LONGTOWN 1/2
date:- 1867=1868
period:- 19th century, late; 1860s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
MILESTONE AT NGR 3806 6838 / / CARLISLE ROAD / ARTHURET / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78095 / NY3806668383
courtesy of English Heritage
Milestone. Probably early C19 for the Carlisle-Longtown Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast iron plates. Squared stone with rounded top has 2 plates to curved front, one with indication to CARLISLE 8 MILES and plate below LONGTOWN 1/2 MILE. Whitewashed and lettering picked out in black.
district:- Carlisle
listed building
coordinates:- NY38066838
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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