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Summary

An upright granite post-stone 1.25m high of 0.3m squarish section (but with smoothed corners) and a blunt top. It stands on a gentle slope in a well-defined erosion hole 3m wide and 0.2m deep.
The purpose of this stone is unclear, but it is situated close to the course of the Lych Way which crosses the Cherrybrook nearby on its way to Wistmans Wood Ford. It is therefore, possibly a guide stone predating the turnpike of the early 19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW147
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 874352
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/334

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARKER STONE (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1750 AD (Between) to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(08/06/1989) SX 62387646 Guide stone? An upright granite post-stone 1.25m high of 0.3m squarish section (but with smoothed corners) and a blunt top. It stands on a gentle slope in a well-defined erosion hole 3m wide and 0.2m deep.
The purpose of this stone is unclear, but it is situated close to the course of the Lych Way which crosses the Cherrybrook nearby on its way to Wistmans Wood Ford. It is therefore, possibly a guide stone predating the turnpike of the early 19th century (OS map, 1983).

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Stone' depicted on modern mpaping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8644 - Cherrybrook and Longford Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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