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Summary

A pale granite stone with a black painted inscription, 1 mile from Newton Abbot.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SE/397

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILESTONE (XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Milestone (M.S.) 1 mile from Newton Abbot marked on the 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map. Located on the south side of the road.

Jenkinson, T., 2004-2005, B3195 Newton Abbot to Shaldon (Report - Survey). SDV324041.

Site visit 25th November 2003. Worn pale granite milestone at Penn Inn roundabout, located about 10 metres above the traffic lights at Queensway, beside the wall. Black painted inscription reads From/Newton/1/Mile. The B3195 from Newton Abbot to Shaldon is a narrow 6 mile route maintained at one time by the Newton Bushel Turnpike Trust of 1765. All of the surviving milestones on this route show mileage from Newton.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Milestone (MS) marked, against the boundry wall of Elmwood on the north side of the road.

Jenkinson, T., 2022, Former B3195 Newton Abbot to Shaldon (Report - Survey). SDV365173.

Site visit 6th November 2022. Early 19th century pale granite milestone near the Penn Inn Roundabout, on the former B3195, a narrow 6 mile route between Newton Abbot and Shaldon. The stone is located at Queensway by the wall, about 10m above the traffic lights. The black painted inscription reads 'From/Newton/1/Mile'.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV3001 - Devon Milestone Survey. B3195 Newton Abbot to Shaldon

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