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Summary

Two of eight upright granite boundary stones of between 0.8m and 1m high, placed in an alignment across Wigford Down, marking the boundary between separate landholdings. The line follows a similar route as is marked on the 1840 Meavy Tithe Map separating the lands of the Maristow estate (Sir Ralph Lopes) on the east side and that of Edwin Scobell to the west, including Dewerstone. Each of the stones is inscribed with the upper case letter ‘L’ for Lopes on the western face. The boundary is still current.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD? to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Stone 65m south-east of Shadycombe Cottage is depicted on the modern mapping; the other is omitted.

Newman, P., 2020, New sites identified on Wigford Down (Correspondence). SDV363630.

Two of eight upright granite boundary stones of between 0.8m and 1m high, placed in an alignment across Wigford Down, marking the boundary between separate landholdings. The line follows a similar route as is marked on the 1840 Meavy Tithe Map separating the lands of the Maristow estate (Sir Ralph Lopes) on the east side and that of Edwin Scobell to the west, including Dewerstone. Each of the stones is inscribed with the upper case letter ‘L’ for Lopes on the western face. The boundary is still current, with the land to the west now belonging to the National Trust. The locations of the stones are SX 53432 65596 and SX 53496 65536 (see related records for the remaining six stones).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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