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HER Number	MWB5935
Record Type	Monument
Name	Milestone - LONDON 55 MILES

Grid Reference	SU 485 674
Map Sheet	SU46NE
Parish	Newbury, West Berkshire
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Summary

SITE OF MILESTONE MARKED BY OS. SEMI CIRCULAR AND BADLY WORN WITH NO VISIBLE INSCRIPTION. OVAL SHAPES ON EACH SIDE

Other Statuses and Cross-References

Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05052.12.001

Monument Type(s):

MILESTONE (18th century - 1701 AD to 1800 AD)

Full Description

BE_LB55. A4 NEWBURY. London Road; between two bridges over Lambourn; just W of Swan Inn PH. In hedge around Newbury Business Park. Design- Newbury stone. <1>.

Hart's survey found 24 milestones or iron mile posts remaining on this road and can be divided into two sections, the first from Reading to Beenham, the second from Beenham to Hungerford. This milestone is described as one of 16 remaining milestones on the Beenham to Hungerford Stretch. This stone does not conform to the pattern of milestones observed along this stretch in the survey. It is semicircular and badly worn; it has no inscription on it, but there is an oval shape on each side <2>.

Sources and further reading

<01>	The Milestone Society. 2001-Present. Database of Milestones in West Berkshire. BE_LB55. [Digital archive / SWB14453] http://www.msocrepository.co.uk/ (Accessed 09/10/2019)
<02>	Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1973-4. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1973 67. 67. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. No 75 in p71-77 A survey of the milestones in Western Berkshire by R J Hart. [Article in serial / SWB7570] http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=67 (Accessed 11/11/2015)

Related Monuments

MWB5909	A4 BATH ROAD - General Record (Monument)
MWB5934	A4 BATH ROAD, Newbury (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

EWB1252	A Survey of the Milestones in Western Berkshire
EWB290	Milestones of West Berkshire

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