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Summary

Granite milestone on the grass verge between the old and new A30s, two miles from Exeter.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Milestone marked as 'Exeter…2 M.S'.

Jenkinson, T., 2005 - 2025, Old A30 Launceston to Exeter (Report - Survey). SDV323480.

Site visit 4th August 2004 and 1st November 2008. Milestone, dating from c1823, situated about 500m west of Wheatley Cottage on grass verge between old and new A30. Discoloured granite, chipped and worn. Inscribed ' 2 Miles from Exon'. Benchmark on face. The old A30 retains a surprisingly good number of milestones set up at various times by the three Turnpike Trusts that managed it. The first six miles of the old A30 in Devon as far as Combebow came under the remit of the Launceston Trust. The road then passed to the Okehampton Trust who managed a lengthy stretch as far as Crockernwell where it became the responsibility of the Exeter Trust. The style of milestones for the three Turnpikes are quite different and range from the tall, distinctive gable-ended Launceston marker, to the characteristic large Okehampton tombstone and the smaller Exeter version.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

Milestone (MS) marked.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV2733 - Milestone Survey from Launceston to Exeter

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