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Milepost, North Of Gartachoil

A Category C Listed Building in Drymen, Stirling

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.1116 / 56°6'41"N

Longitude: -4.3586 / 4°21'30"W

OS Eastings: 253434

OS Northings: 693489

OS Grid: NS534934

Mapcode National: GBR 0V.LYM0

Mapcode Global: WH3MW.0NR4

Plus Code: 9C8Q4J6R+JH

Entry Name: Milepost, North Of Gartachoil

Listing Name: To North of Gartachoil, Milepost at NS 5344 9349

Listing Date: 30 October 2002

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 396515

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB49003

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200396515

Location: Drymen

County: Stirling

Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick

Parish: Drymen

Traditional County: Stirlingshire

Tagged with: Milestone

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Description

Mid 19th century. Cast-iron milepost. Flat rectangular post; approximately .75m in height and slightly curved in section. Painted white with black lettering. Bears low relief of hand pointing right; 'GLASGOW ROYAL EXCHANGE 22' in raised letters above. Hand pointing left below; 'ABERFOIL 4' in raised letters below

Statement of Interest

A rare surviving early milepost. It appears on the 1865 OS map.

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