Mount Pleasant, Cornwall

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The eighteenth century granite guidestone beside the old road The road to Withiel.jpg
The eighteenth century granite guidestone beside the old road

Mount Pleasant is a hamlet in the parish of Roche, Cornwall, England. [1] [2] The main A30 road used to pass through the hamlet [3] but a dual carriageway bypass and graded junction have been constructed to the south of the original road. [4] There is a Grade II listed eighteenth century guidestone beside the old road, consisting of a 5-foot (1.5 m) granite monolith with a rounded head. The text "WITHIEL" is carved into it, and the letters are painted. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN   978-0-319-22938-5.
  2. ↑ Mount Pleasant, Explore Britain
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey, 1:10,000 map, 1993 (available here Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine )
  4. ↑ Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 map, 2010
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Guidestone at SW 997624 (1327339)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 July 2014.

Coordinates: 50°25′41″N4°49′08″W / 50.428°N 4.819°W / 50.428; -4.819


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