26 December 2013

Milestone X

Sage (1922)




































Just south of the Bethlehem-Woodbury town line and the aptly named Bethwood Lane, this milestone remains erect, though somewhat left-leaning, with its lettering still distinguishable. Sage described the inscription as “a little hard to trace,” and Isham said “There are no letters.” No plaque was found, although Isham stated that a marker existed. The earlier photographs show the stone sitting somewhat higher in the ground, at a similar angle. The Isham report identifies this as #11, with a note that “There is a possibility that the stone was really #10. Inspection of the visible inscription and calculation of the mileage from Milestone IX is persuasive that this is correctly identified as Milestone X.
Lat: N 41° 36.454'
Long: W 073° 12.658'

Bicentennial Report (1976)
Hampton (2013)

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