Roman Milestone 53 miles from Carlisle, Cumbria
N 54° 16.032 W 002° 34.849
30U E 527300 N 6013332
This sandstone pillar was discovered whilst ploughing and erected here. The Roman road was probably nearer the river. Part of the inscription is modern from 1836. The stone is a cylindrical sandstone shaft about 0.5 m wide and about 1.7 m high. This milestone has been moved to nearby church.
Waymark Code: WM68T6
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/25/2009
Views: 7
The stone's original inscription is M P LIII 'fifty-three thousand paces' or 53 Roman miles. About the distance to Carlisle. The stone is a listed monument Grade 2*. This is still discernible. This milestone is particularly interesting, as it may mark the spot where the Antonine Itinerary branches off the main north-south route and heads off across the southern Lake District past the fort at Alavana (Watercrook, Cumbria) to its northern terminus at Glannoventa (Ravenglass, Cumbria).
When it was 'discovered' in 1836 by Richard Bownass, the farmer at Hawkin Hall, by ploughing it up some 200 metres to the west of its current position in the field, SOLO ERVTVM RESTITVIT CVL MOORE AN MDCCCXXXVI !! was added on the instruction of Giles Moore of Grimeshill. Meaning “restored from the soil by Giles Moore 1836”.
The stone's age is unknown, but would have been before AD 300.
Park at Middleton Holy Ghost church to the north.
Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Empire > 27 B.C.
Admission Fee: in churchyard. was on farmland
Opening days/times:
in churchyard, was on farmland visible from the A683 road.
Web Site: [Web Link]
Condition: Completely intact or reconstructed
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