Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: West Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Yelverton        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  1 Guide Stone
  2 Marker Stones
  3 Milestones
   
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Milestone
          Grid Reference: SX/52182/67884
          Location: On the green in the centre of Yelverton, opposite the filling station.
          Inscription: Plymouth 9 Miles / Princetown 6
                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                           
                                 
                                 
 Stone Type: Guide Stone                
 Grid Reference: SX/52768/68466                
 Location: On the western verge of B3212, beside the signpost.                
 Inscription: Walk (Walkhampton) / Ply (Plymouth) / Moor (Dartmoor)                
 Notes: The stone also has an inscribed O/S Benchmark                 
                     
                     
                     
                     
Stone Type: Memorial Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SX/5186/6789
Location: On the grass in the centre of Yelverton
Notes: Memorial to the 40th Anniversary of the RAF Harrowbeer Station
 Stone Type: Diamond Jubilee Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/5159/6712
 Location: At the junction of the A386 with the unclassified road to Milton Combe.
 Inscription: 1837 V R 1897 / 1952 E II R 2012
 Notes: This monument acts as a joint Diamond Jubilee Memorial for the Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II.      
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SX/5198/6671
Location: Beside the track bed of the disused Railway
Inscription: 13 (13 Miles from Plymouth)
Notes: This was a Milestone for the Plymouth to Launceston Railway.
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: SX/5218/6788
 Location: On the green in the centre of Yelverton.
 Inscription: Plymouth 9 Miles / Princetown 6
 Notes: The inscription appears on the reverse side of the photo.