Distance marker on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

[jim]

As you say Leodian, the railway bridge to the Albion Works does not appear on the 1890 map - or on the 1894 version. It does appear on the 1908 and subsequent maps, but by that period I should imagine that bridge numbers would have been displayed on cast iron notices rather than on stones.Another possible function of the stone might have been as a property boundary marker.

[Leodian]

Jim. Having given the lettering on the block in the photo a good look I think you are correct in that it states LLC. The bit above the middle letter that I thought looked like it could be an M is probably due to weathering because when I covered that bit what is below does look like LLC. The block is likely millstone grit and has what I think are some good sized pieces of quartz. I wonder if those quartz pieces can be used to identify if the block came from a particular local quarry? Perhaps some geologically minded SL users may know.