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Re: Standing Stone at Stanton Fitzwarren
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wideford wrote:
Ah, the chicken and the egg, eh. Even b.s. (boundary stones) can appear on maps only as b.m. (boundary markers). We call them boundary stones if they are recorded as markers for boundaries on mediaeval documents for the likes of beating the bounds and riding the Marches.


Thanks Wideford. So although often shown on mediaeval documents we don't actually know if they reach back to the prehistoric...or is there evidence to support that?


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Posted by Sanctuary
2nd February 2011ce
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