Milestones & Boundary Markers

Milestone, SX 525795

Cudlipptown, Tavistock

A roadside milestone marking distance on the moor, likely from the 18th or 19th century.

Milestone, SX 529 752

Moortown, Tavistock

A roadside milestone marking distance on the old routes crossing Dartmoor's high moorland.

Milestone, SX 544 750

Merrivale, Tavistock

A wayside milestone marking distance on an old route across the moor, now a modest but enduring trace of Dartmoor's transport history.

Milestone, SX 678 813

Challacombe, Chagford

A weathered roadside milestone marking distance on the high moor, typical of routes crossing Dartmoor from the 18th or 19th century.

Milestone, SX 7480 7135 On South West Side Of Road

Lower Bowdley, Ashburton

A stone milestone marking distance on the road through Dartmoor's high moorland, likely from the turnpike era.

Milestone, SX 7690 7083

Dolbeare, Ashburton

A granite milestone marking the turnpike roads that crossed Dartmoor in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Stentifords Cross, About 70 Metres South East Of Hemsworthy Gate Crossroads

Venton, Ashburton

A modest stone boundary marker standing near Hemsworthy Gate, marking the edge of moorland common land.

Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm

Three boundary stones marking the limits of a medieval warren on the open moor south of Headland Warren Farm.

Turnpike Stone Set Into Wall at SX 7428 6614, South West Of The Rock

Bigadon, Buckfastleigh

A boundary marker stone set into a moorland wall, marking historic land division on the slopes south west of The Rock.