Description

HELLAND

HELLAN Guidestone 275m South East of Broads C
1557/0/10004 ottages
11-NOV-10

II
Guidepost. Early C18.
MATERIAL: Granite.
It has a tall rectangular-section shaft, approximately 1.2m high, which is surmounted by a square capstone with a slightly domed top. Directions to BODMIN; LISKEARD; CAMELFORD; and WADEBRIDGE are incised on the four faces of the cap.
HISTORY: In 1697, following parliamentary acts, Justices in the Highways Sessions were authorised to require Surveyors of Highways to set up `direction stones or posts at cross highways'. Guideposts such as this one were probably erected to aid travellers using such routes. It is one of a number of roadside markers in North Cornwall, located on the roads between Bodmin and Camelford, which employ this design.

REASON FOR DESIGNATION: The guidepost south east of Broads Cottages, Helland is designated for the following principal reasons:
* An early example of a roadside marker which pre-dates the more typical street furniture of the mid-C19 and later
* One of a number of similar guideposts in North Cornwall that are listed
* A significant reminder of the importance of transport networks for the movement of goods and people

Reasons for Listing

The guidepost south east of Broads Cottages, Helland is designated for the following principal reasons:
* An early example of a roadside marker which pre-dates the more typical street furniture of the mid-C19 and later
* One of a number of similar guideposts in North Cornwall that are listed
* A significant reminder of the importance of transport networks for the movement of goods and people

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674969

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