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moss M
moss Mar 14, 2014 16:11:25
Replying to juamei

juamei wrote:
Am still playing with this. Weirdly this stone near me is marked on the 1881 Cheshire Sheet XXIX as "Post". I can't seem to find anything which would indicate what Post is supposed to mean. The following link to the map in question may work...
http://maps.nls.uk/view/102341038#zoom=5&lat=7115&lon=8926&layers=BT
Glad everyone are finding the maps useful though I don't know the answer to the post question - old roads, drove roads etc.... I used to use OS Oldmaps UK, which were not very good, these maps with the grid referencing are better.

Though pinpointing is difficult, still trying to get locations on Bodmin Moor, as we are also off to Cornwall beginning of April. For instance just to take King Arthur's Hall, it has a trackway by it, and a stone base by the track, presumably for an early stone cross. But what really interests me are the settlements on the moors, (there is one just under the ridge by KAH) and it would be interesting to see how they are marked on older maps.....

M Monganaut
Monganaut Mar 15, 2014 16:18:26
Replying to moss

Be careful on Bodmin. I went a wondering all over the place a few years ago visiting everything I fancied thinking it was open access land, it isn't.
I bumped into a fairly friendly farmer who put me right. Most farmers don't mind you wandering around, but he warned me of a few who were non to pleased about it. Might be judicious to knock on a door or two just to let your presence/ intentions be known. There is access to a few areas through the National Trust, Forestry Commision et al (Rough Tor/ Logan Tor etc...great places at sunset) but most is still under private ownership.

Anyhoo, have fun whilst up there, it's not as remote as Exmoor or Dartmoor, and at night your ringed with vehicle lights, village lighting and TV Masts, but it's still a great place littered with plenty of evidence of prehistory. Stacks of those lovely ponies all over the shop too.