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Summary

Five Admiralty boundary stones shown on early 20th century map to the south-west of Britannia Royal Naval College. One of the stones may have been moved further north, on the oposite side of the track

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/79/7

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Baines, C., 04/04/2013, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV351044.

The northernmost stone may have been moved circa 20 metres further north, on the west side of the track, as one is shown at this location on the Ordnance Survey master map.

Richards, A., 11/11/2008, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV351043.

Five Admiralty boundary stones Numbers 39-43 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.

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

'B.S. A D' shown, and Nos 39 to 43 to the north and north-east of Townstal Farm. Symbol of an anchor between the 'A' and 'D'.

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

Map object based on this source.

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

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

Four of the five stones are shown in the same locations as in the 1930s. Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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