Re: Marker stone(s) near Old Harlow round barrow | Forum

Rhiannon May 12, 2016 19:45:12

Replying to Orifrog

I had a little scout around on the old (and new) maps. Couldn't see much, but here's some stones if you like - there was a stone marked at TL47661038 on the 1870 map. There are new houses near it but it's in a strip of trees, maybe they're old and maybe it's still there. That's where a little road goes over a little stream / ditch.

Also there are two stones marked at TL48211002, and that's a boundary of various sorts, it's where two footpaths split. That's in the countryside a bit more so maybe they'll be there.

They're all rather far from your barrow. So I'm certainly not promising they are anything at all! Let alone even there. But it's fun to go for a walk in the spring anyway is it not :)

Rhiannon May 12, 2016 19:50:47

Replying to Rhiannon

I say countryside, I just looked on Google Maps and they just keep building more and more houses round there.

Orifrog May 13, 2016 23:35:22

Replying to Rhiannon

Thanks very much for that. The locations would actually work quite well for the Moot/ barrow as they are on well-established paths that lead to it, even if they aren't as close as the stone in the pub. Presumably could were glacial erratics which folk would have used as markers. Not having many, we've always tended to get quite excited about any chunk of rock in Essex. :)

I had a look for the first one near the brook/ bridge, but couldn't see anything that looked like the stone. It's all been landscaped though, as part of a newish housing development called New Hall. They have made a huge round ziggurat type of landscape feature a couple of hundred yards from the spot where the stone was, though, which the dog enjoyed running up and down.

Anyhoo, I'll check out the other spot and see what is left there. I do suspect these could well be some the 'missing' stones though.