Ringmore near Shaldon in South Devon
A victim of the Removal of Direction Signs Order of 1940. Should read 'From/Newton/5/Miles/'. Milestones were sometimes defaced to obscure the information on them so that in the event of invasion the enemy would not know where they were. In addition to this finger posts were removed and other milestones were buried. Whilst many were replaced post war, many others were not, this is an extremely rare example from Devon.
Ringmore near Shaldon in South Devon
A victim of the Removal of Direction Signs Order of 1940. Should read 'From/Newton/5/Miles/'. Milestones were sometimes defaced to obscure the information on them so that in the event of invasion the enemy would not know where they were. In addition to this finger posts were removed and other milestones were buried. Whilst many were replaced post war, many others were not, this is an extremely rare example from Devon.