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Summary

Three Admiralty boundary stones shown on early 20th century map, to the west of Britannia Royal Naval College. Between 1906 and the 1930s one of the stones was moved, when a playing field was added to the site.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/79/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (XIX to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD (Between) to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'B.S. A D' shown, and Nos 47, 48, and 49. Symbol of an anchor between the 'A' and 'D'.

Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.

Admiralty boundary stones Nos 48 and 49 shown in same position as on earlier 20th century map, No 47 has been moved circa 70 metres to east, to north of playing field. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1938, 127SE. Revision of 1904 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition (Cartographic). SDV337477.

Stones shown.

Richards, A., 2008, Admiralty boundary stones (Personal Comment). SDV351043.

Three Admiralty boundary stones Numbers 47-49 shown on early 20th century map to the west of Britannia Royal Naval College. The limits of the college are demarcated by 95 of these stones.

Baines, C., 2013, Admiralty boundary stones (Personal Comment). SDV351044.

Admiralty boundary stones Nos 45-47 were moved between 1906 and the 1930s, when a field to the east of the recreation ground was incorporated into the Britannia Royal Naval College site as a playing field.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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