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MHG58256 - Milestone - near Kincardine

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A milestone near Kincardine.

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A milestone near Kincardine.

In 2014 ARCH provided a number of courses, field trips and other activities exploring and researching the remains of the 19th century engineer, road and church builder Thomas Telford. A project was undertaken in Kyle of Sutherland, during which many sites were visited and photographed by participants. The milestones on the south side of the Dornoch Firth survive in stone with the distances chiselled on three faces. They are the distinctive shape found in the Highlands, with a V-shape profile in front, curved in a semicircle on the back, and bevelled on the top to create an extra face. Milestones were erected when Telford built the road network in the area in the early 1800s, but these are likely to be later, probably erected by the county (Ross and Cromarty). Locations are recorded on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps, as well as the modern Explorer series; however, many on the modern maps no longer survive. This example is now barely visible, with the ground level having risen around it. It records distances to Tain 13, and Bonar (in the ground now, but would have been 2), and on the bevelled top DINGWLL 38. <1>

GIS spatial data derived in 2018 from OS MasterMap. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6095 8920 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH68NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KINCARDINE

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