The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Milestone
Moor End (A659)
Boston Spa
On the road, between the A1 (jct 45) & Boston Spa
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101116467-milepost-opposite-grove-farm-boston-spa#.Xsv3_EBFzIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/323950
Moor End (A659)
Boston Spa
On the road, between the A1 (jct 45) & Boston Spa
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101116467-milepost-opposite-grove-farm-boston-spa#.Xsv3_EBFzIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/323950
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Obviously pre-decimalisation... on the B3212 on Dartmoor, near the Jurston road turning. Amused by the supposed accuracy of inches... and I wonder what vintage it actually is...
And
Fun sponge
- Location
- DE4, Derbyshire
Not quite sure where this one fits, so it's in here....Goyt's Lane, Got Valley - Shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary
classic33
Leg End Member
I think there's a plate missing, under the ft & in. You can see where it may have been. Used to mark the distance of something underground. E R* suggests telephone wires.
*Elizabeth Regina, Queen Elizabeth II 1953 at the earliest.
classic33
Leg End Member
"Built in the 1950s at the instigation of Canon Baldwin of St Anne's in Buxton, it stands between two old gateposts and is inset with a mosaic flanked by fresh flowers, which are regularly replenished - despite its remote location.
An inscription on the shrine reads: "Hail Mary, full of Grace; Mother of Jesus; Queen of the World; pray for us.""
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...dden-waterfalls-lost-villages-devils-16981621
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...hUKEwib27Oqu9LpAhVCr3EKHcdSCL4Q6AEwC3oECAEQAQ
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
I'd assumed it was an elevation marker, hence the arrow at the line. But inches seemed odd for elevation, especially pre laser accuracy. Yes, the plate is missing, whatever it said.
classic33
Leg End Member
You may well be right. Just trying to get the most information in one, small, area as possible.
A bit like a Boundary Stone that has the broad arrow and line on it
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Deleted member 26715
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Don't think it's for phone lines, they used to have something called a split coupling which was a buried joint, if there was marker nothing as ornate as that, just a simple concrete marker, is it too far into the wilds to be water?
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Seems very unlikely at that point, and it's the only one I know of along that road... but then, I've no idea why there would be an elevation marker there either... he's the view there...
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Aha, someone just added this comment to a Facebook post I put it on: " It is actually an approx 110 year old 'telegraph marker'. The missing distance would have been the distance to the cable access point rather than the elevation. The arrowhead is a 'property of HMG' marker rather than a benchmark symbol. "
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Deleted member 26715
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Sorry but I think they are incorrect, as @classic33 states it has ER which suggest Elizabeth Regina & must date after 1953
classic33
Leg End Member
Anything on the stone your bike is resting on?
classic33
Leg End Member
Could also be Edward Rex, Edward VII (1901 - 1910). Making it fit the 110 year mark
Edited after mistake pointed out. My latin is rusty.
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Deleted member 26715
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Interesting I did look & couldn't find that, but suspect you are correct, as Betty's are normally EIIR signifying Queen Elizabeth II
Edit:- https://www.britishtelephones.com/markersjoint.htm
