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Latitude: 54.2915 / 54°17'29"N
Longitude: -1.9749 / 1°58'29"W
OS Eastings: 401730
OS Northings: 488426
OS Grid: SE017884
Mapcode National: GBR GLNT.7D
Mapcode Global: WHB5Q.MDSF
Plus Code: 9C6W72RG+H2
Entry Name: Milestone, Heads Bank, Aysgarth
Listing Date: 13 May 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425905
Also known as: Milestone, Heads Bank, Aysgarth. E of jct Thoralby road, W of curve in road
ID on this website: 101425905
Location: North Yorkshire, DL8
County: North Yorkshire
District: Richmondshire
Civil Parish: Aysgarth
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Tagged with: Milestone
Cast-iron milestone, late-C19, triangular in plan
The milestone is constructed of cast iron, painted white, and is triangular in plan. On the left face is a relief of a hand pointing right above relief lettering reading 'LEYBURN 7 MILES', and on the right face is a relief of a hand pointing left above relief lettering reading 'HAWES 10 MILES'. Both the hands and lettering are painted black.
The milestone at Heads Bank, Aysgarth was erected in the late-C19 following the reorganisation of highways authorities under the Local Government Act of 1888.
The milestone at Heads Bank, Aysgarth is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Intactness: the milestone is believed to survive in its original location and its lettering remains clearly legible
* Design interest: it incorporates a hand on each inscribed face pointing in the direction of travel
* Historic interest: it is an important physical reminder of an age of pre-motorised transport in the Yorkshire Dales, and, in a wider context, the development of England's transport network
* Group value: it has strong group value with the other listed milestones located along the A684
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