Overview
Old Milestone in Porkellis, Wendron parish is recorded as Monument or public art in England Cornwall. The saved record does not give a safe date. The saved evidence fixes its identity, kind and place, while its maker, exact purpose and events remain open where the source wording is silent.
Why it was made
The record classifies Old Milestone in Porkellis, Wendron parish as Monument or public art. It does not safely name its maker or exact purpose, so this first account does not turn the classification into an invented story.
People and events
No particular person, ceremony, death, battle or local event is established by the saved wording. A similarly named place elsewhere has not been used to fill that gap.
How it worked
Its recorded form is Monument or public art. The saved evidence does not explain its construction or day-to-day use beyond that classification.
What remains
The place is saved as Geograph recorded point for the named photographed place. That may be an exact structure, surviving earthwork, find spot or centre of a broader area; this account keeps that difference open.
Why it mattered
The record preserves Old Milestone in Porkellis, Wendron parish as part of the area's physical memory and gives readers a source and place from which to follow its history. Wider importance and local lore are not invented where evidence is absent.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Children's playground — Cornwallattractionunder 0.1 miles
- Porkellis Village Hallbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Wesleyan Chapelbuilding0.2 miles
- Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaftmonument0.4 miles
- Porkellis Bridgebuilding0.4 miles
- Stream at Porkellis Bridgebuilding0.4 miles
- Halwin Primary Schoolbuilding0.5 miles
- Medlyn Moor Mine Engine House and Balance-bob Setting to South Eastbuilding0.7 miles
- Old Milestone east of the B3297, west of Lezereamonument0.8 miles
- Milestone at Halabezackmonument0.9 miles
- Old Milestone by the B3297, south of Farms Commonmonument1.0 miles
- Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farmmonument1.1 miles
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