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.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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"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.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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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.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.
You may well be right. Just trying to get the most information in one, small, area as possible.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.
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...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?
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. "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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Sorry but I think they are incorrect, as @classic33 states it has ER which suggest Elizabeth Regina & must date after 1953Aha, 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. "
Anything on the stone your bike is resting on?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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Could also be Edward Rex, Edward VII (1901 - 1910). Making it fit the 110 year markSorry but I think they are incorrect, as @classic33 states it has ER which suggest Elizabeth Regina & must date after 1953
Interesting I did look & couldn't find that, but suspect you are correct, as Betty's are normally EIIR signifying Queen Elizabeth IICould also be Edward Regina, Edward VII (1901 - 1910). Making it fit the 110 year mark