NHER 56515 (Structure record) - 19th century milestone marking Dereham 7 miles

One of 10 surviving milestones along the Holt to Dereham road, marking Dereham 7 miles. The Holt face is badly damaged and unreadable and presumably read Holt 11 miles.

The milestones along this route are of three types, the Dereham 10 miles to 16 miles are octagonal stones, up to 43 inches high, with domed tops and unequal width panels alternately tapering up and down. The mileages are inscribed in plain capitals and the name of the parish is written sideways on one panel. The second type are square stones with domed tops, set diagonally to the road with the lettering in plain capitals. There is only a single example of the third type, and it is recorded as NHER 46533.

(S1) contains information regarding this and other milestones on this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 16 January 2012.

2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
One of the 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, see publication (S2).
Milestone Society members cleaned and painted this marker. During the process of raising the milestone hidden letters were found.
Information from survey form (S3) and photographs (S4).
H. Mellor (HES), 24 May 2018.