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Summary

Two boundary stones on the crest of Harter Hill overlooking the right bank of the Black-a-ven Brook. The larger stone is 1.5 metres high and the smaller, which stands 1 metre to the west, is 0.5 metres high. Both have the letters `OPB', for `Okehampton Parish bounds' inscribed on their north-western faces in letters 0.1 metres high. The stones mark the boundary between Okehampton Parish to the north and the Royal Forest of Dartmoor to the south. It is unclear why two stones are in place but it is likely the larger stone is a replacement for the older, smaller stone which was never removed

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW56
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 831603
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/275

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 217, Map 42, Site 'h' (Monograph). SDV219155.

Boundary stone 'h' in a line of stones marking the boundary between Okehampton Hamlets and Dartmoor Forest stretching from Sandy Ford to Cullever Steps. Each is inscribed 'OPB' on at least one face. Many of the stones are paired with a small slab at the foot of a tall pillar which was presumably a more easily visible replacement.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, P. Newman (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(20/09/1993) SX 60149190 Two granite boundary stones spaced 1m apart, standing on a level grassy area at Hartor Corner, 20m west of the north-west corner of East Okement Farm and marked on OS 1:10000 series. The larger stone is 1.5m high and the smaller, which stands 1m to the west, is 0.5m high. Both have the letters `OPB', for `Okehampton Parish bounds' inscribed on their north-western faces in letters 0.1m high. The stones mark the boundary between Okehampton Parish to the north and the Royal Forest of Dartmoor to the south. It is unclear why two stones are in place but it is likely the larger stone is a replacement for the older, smaller stone which was never removed.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(26/01/2004) These stones remain as described in 1993.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Feature shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'BSs' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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