Are We There Yet?

Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership Can You Dig It?

Milestones have been around since Roman times, but their heyday really began in the 1700s. They were designed not only to inform travellers of directions and distances, but to help coaches keep to schedule.

At the height of their era, there were 20,000 miles of roads with milestones across Britain. Check out The Milestone Society website (www.milestonesociety.co.uk) for more details on their history. A large number of these mileposts have been lost from road realignment, broadening and other improvements throughout the centuries, but many remain hidden in plain sight both along the side of country roads and also in our towns.

78 milestone locations were surveyed and 18 of the milestones were still standing. The results are available below.

Introduction - click to download.

Recording Form - click to download.

Results in report with photos - click to download.

Results in pdf - click to download.