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Milestone, SX 503 768

Peter Tavy, Tavistock, Devon

Grid ref: SX 5025 7673 Find this on the Map Reference Finder

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On walking routes: West Devon Way

Main image: Old Milestone by the A386, near Harford Bridge - 0 metres from location - image by T Jenkinson (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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This milestone stands on the open moorland at grid reference SX 503 768, a simple but enduring marker of historical travel routes across Dartmoor.

  • Status: Listed building (Historic England list entry 1171613)
  • Grid reference: SX 5024 7673 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)

The full official description is in the Historic England record linked above.

Historic England listed designation: Milestone at SX 503 768

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