Quarter Milestone in Benløse

Quarter Milestone in Benløse

4100 Ringsted

Photo: Ringsted Turistinformation

Quarter Milestone in Benløse

After the road network had been straightened and improved under King Frederik V and King Christian VII by the French engineer Jean Marmillod, grand marble obelisks were erected to mark full and half miles. The quarter-mile posts were mostly reused—especially on Zealand—flipped upside down and engraved with royal monograms and distance markings.

These quarter-mile stones (known as fjerdingpæle) remained standing long after the elegant marble posts had crumbled away and been replaced by granite milestones.

In Ringsted, a quarter-mile marker still stands at Benløse Runding, indicating 7¾ miles to the zero point at Copenhagen’s Western Gate.

All milestones were officially protected in 1967.

Read more at wiki.ringstedhistorie.dk

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