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Standing Stone at Stanton Fitzwarren

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Sanctuary Feb 2, 2011 13:41:37

Replying to wideford

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?

wideford Feb 2, 2011 14:47:52

Replying to Sanctuary

The evidence that boundary stones are prehistoric usually comes by virtue of later monuments and structures taking care to either incorporate or avoid them in forming boundaries, like an Iron Age dyke coming to a halt at one or an early mediaeval house leaving a 'bite' out of its walls.