The eighteenth century granite guidestone beside the old road

Mount Pleasant is a hamlet in the parish of Roche, Cornwall, England.[1][2] The main A30 road used to pass through the hamlet[3] but a dual carriageway bypass and graded junction have been constructed to the south of the original road.[4] There is a Grade II listed eighteenth century guidestone beside the old road, consisting of a 5-foot (1.5 m) granite monolith with a rounded head. The text "WITHIEL" is carved into it, and the letters are painted.[5]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5.
  2. ^ Mount Pleasant, Explore Britain
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:10,000 map, 1993 (available here Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine)
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 map, 2010
  5. ^ Historic England. "Guidestone at SW 997624 (1327339)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

50°25′41″N 4°49′08″W / 50.428°N 4.819°W / 50.428; -4.819


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