The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

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tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Bagged a few early this morning
Not sure what the history is of this. Close up the writing not clear talks about a lord and right to pass. Toll marker or other sort of right of way notice maybe.
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Couple of nice mile stones
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classic33

Leg End Member
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...

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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
Not quite sure where this one fits, so it's in here....Goyt's Lane, Got Valley - Shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary
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"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 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.
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
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.
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
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?
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...

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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...

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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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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. "
Sorry but I think they are incorrect, as @classic33 states it has ER which suggest Elizabeth Regina & must date after 1953
 
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