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Summary

Two granite boundary stones. One is an impressive dressed granite pillar 1.5 metres high by 0.4 metres square bears the inscribed letters 'OPB' on opposing faces. The adjacent upright slab is 0.4 metres high, 0.3 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. It also has letters inscribed on one face. The boundary now runs to the east of these stones.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW57
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 831614
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/276

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'B S.' shown on 19th century map.

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

Boundary stone 'i' 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 60539210 Two granite boundary stones, marked on OS 1:10000 series, spaced approximately 1m apart, sited 20m north of the Blackaven Brook, 30m west of Cullever Steps. The stones mark the boundary between Dartmoor Forest and Belstone Parish.
The larger stone has tool marked edges and is 1.5m high with the letters OP and B inscribed on the eastern face in letters 0.1m high.
The smaller stone has a more weathered appearance and stands to 0.4m high. This stone also has the letters OP and B inscribed in letters 0.1m high on the eastern face.
The letters probably stand for 'Okehampton Parish' and 'Belstone'.
The larger stone is likely to be a replacement for the smaller, older stone, though no explanation is apparent as to why the older stone was not removed.

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

(04/02/2004) SX60539210 Two granite boundary stones. One is an impressive dressed granite pillar 1.5m high 0.4m square with a sloping top. It bears the inscribed letters OPB on opposing faces. There is some erosion around the base which is in a solid stone-packed foundation. The adjacent upright slab is 0.4m high, 0.3m wide and 0.2m high. It also has letters inscribed on one face. The boundary now runs to the east of these stones.

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

Stone shown on survey.

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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