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19 Dec 2010 00:54 - 20 Apr 2018 09:45 #1
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There are MoD boundary Marker at Woodbridge, Suffolk seend on 2 November 2010
and Admiralty Boundary Marker at Fleetlands, Hampshire seen on 23 September 2010
and Air Ministry Boundary Marker at Bawdsey, Suffolk seen on 2 November 2010
and Admiralty Boundary Marker at Fleetlands, Hampshire seen on 23 September 2010
and Air Ministry Boundary Marker at Bawdsey, Suffolk seen on 2 November 2010
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19 Dec 2010 10:23 #2
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No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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Where they marked on large scale OS maps? I have seen B.M. on a lot of maps but never gave it a thought.
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19 Dec 2010 10:35 - 20 Apr 2018 09:46 #3
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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Yes they are shown on large scale OS maps but they are boundary markers only, they show where a change in direction takes place of the AM or Admiralty boundary. They are only found on ther older stations, most (not the MoD ones) date from 1927 to 1929 when the AM started buying land acting on advice of the Salisbury Committee. Each one usually has a unique number, with a station having around 24 to 30 of this things, dotted around. Today they are like little soldiers standing guard over long lost military sites. Below is a stone on guard duty at HMS Ganges
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19 Dec 2010 10:39 #4
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A handsome chap at RAF West Ruislip
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19 Dec 2010 10:47 #5
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Old Sarum (No.22)
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19 Dec 2010 11:38 #6
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Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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This one is from Cosford, there is quite a few of them along a track next to the sewer works
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19 Dec 2010 11:44 #7
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If you walk in Princes st gardens in Edinburgh to the west of the castle youll find a couple of marker stones.
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19 Dec 2010 13:18 - 26 Dec 2017 10:09 #8
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Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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A War Office stone peering out of one corner of Chester Castle
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19 Dec 2010 15:23 #9
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BM = bench mark, these are survey datum points
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Where they marked on large scale OS maps? I have seen B.M. on a lot of maps but never gave it a thought.
BM = bench mark, these are survey datum points
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19 Dec 2010 19:33 #10
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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Correct Kebacker thats why I said they were boundary markers only, though I should have clarified that BM = bench mark. On OS maps the markers are usually shown as 'stones'.
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