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| HER Number: | MDV32882 |
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| Name: | Bishops Tawton, Milestone, 3 miles from Barnstaple |
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Summary
Inscribed milestone off A377 outside entrance to Overton House, 3 miles from Barnstaple, dating from 1879.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 572 293 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bishop's Tawton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BISHOPS TAWTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS52NE/38
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILESTONE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1905/1963, Untitled Source, 13SE(1905) (Cartographic). SDV83279.
'MS Barnstaple 3' shown on 1905 and 1963 6" OS maps.
Jenkinson, T., 2005, Barnstaple to Exeter (Report - Survey). SDV323127.
Millestone off A377, on grass verge outside entrance to Overton House. Worn and caught by grass cutter. Part sunken difficult to decipher. Legend reads '3 Barum'. The milestone is one of a set of stones running from Barnstaple as far as Tollbar Cross, some 16 miles of road, which were placed in 1879 to commemmorate the closure of the town's Turnpike Trust. Each of the stones bears the medieval Latin name of BARUM and are simple tombstone shaped markers displaying a countdown of the miles away from the town.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323127 | Report - Survey: Jenkinson, T.. 2005. Barnstaple to Exeter. Devon Milestone Survey. A4 Unbound. |
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| SDV83279 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1905/1963. 6". 13SE(1905). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV860 | Related to: Centre of Barum Turnpike Stone, Guildhall, Barnstaple (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV2587 - Devon Milestone Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2006 2:08PM |
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