NHER 56516 (Structure record) - 19th century milestone marking Holt 12 miles and Dereham 6 miles

One of 10 surviving milestones along the Holt to Dereham road, marking Holt 12 miles and Dereham 6 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 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Milestone Society members cleared the surrounding scrub and raised the recently flail cutter damaged milestone. This was cleaned and painted and a French drain was dug at its base.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 24 May 2018.