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And the private driveway to it. Sandridge Park is at the top of the hill beyond.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>As elsewhere, the farmer letting his land for a boot sale is common. This one is a weekly event in the summer season.
©Rog Frost
Dist:0.3km<br/>Near Redstocks. The A365 joins the A361 near Martinslade.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Beside the A365. The lane to Redstocks lies behind the field hedge on the right.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>The rather muddy bridleway takes riders and walkers from the A365 to Redsocks.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km<br/>Heading south from the A365. A small hump in the road above and to the left of the car is a bridge over the dismantled railway to Devizes.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>The bench mark is on the reverse side of the milestone in [[1870645]] For more details about the bench mark A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The milestone is beside the A365 near Mitchell's Farm. For a wider view see [[1870637]]. Milestones did not come into general use until the Turnpike Act of 1766 made them compulsory on turnpike roads, these roads were built by private enterprise under licence from the Government and maintained by tolls on those who used them. Before this Act milestones were put up occasionally, often as charitable acts and commemorations. Many Turnpike Act stones still exist. They are usually 2-3 ft high, with the initial letter or abbreviation of the nearest market town show on two faces, and the distance from it. There is a bench mark on the reverse of the stone.
©Trish Steel
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©Doug Lee
Dist:0.5km<br/>The milestone stands on a wide verge beside the A365. Milestones are the original roadside heritage features with many dating back hundreds of years and these historic items are under threat from highway developments.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>Seen from the north on a bridleway. The distant hill is on the other side of the Kennet and Avon Canal (unseen). Houses in Seend are ranged along the top.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Where various pork products are for sale.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Seen across a field of mown grass drying in the sun.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Left the branch line through Melksham near Holt. A branch line off a branch line, didn't stand much chance really. The hill in the distance, centre frame, is Roundway Down near Devizes.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.7km<br/>Surrounded by five farms, could belong to any of them. Foreground vegetation suggests the ground here is normally very damp but has dried out recently, there is a stream nearby.
©Maurice Pullin

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