Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1003181) describes a late 18th-century milestone on the west side of a road that now leads to a farm but once marked an important route through south-west England. It is a single granite pillar shaped like a cross, with short wide arms and a rounded head, about 1.2 metres high. The inscription reads 'From Tavistock 7 miles, Okehampton 8 and Truro 57'. It lies in the parish of Lydford, about 2.4 km west of Doe Tor and 0.9 km south-east of Lydford.
A further stone lies to the north, and there are others along the Okehampton to Tavistock route, but they are not part of this scheduling because they have not been formally assessed.
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