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Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden is a wayside marker dating to the post-medieval period. The monument consists of a stone post situated in the landscape of Cornwall, serving the practical function of directing travellers along routes of communication during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Such guide posts are characteristic features of the post-medieval road network, marking important junctions or potentially hazardous sections of trackway where navigation required clarification. The survival of this example contributes to the archaeological record of local transport infrastructure and the way in which communities managed movement across the Cornish countryside during the early modern period.
Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016742. View the official record →
Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden is a wayside marker dating to the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016742.
Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016742.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, two cairns, medieval pound and adjacent Prehistoric field systems, hut circles and transhumance huts on Stowe's Hill (9.7 km), Prehistoric regular aggregate field system with incorporated stone hut circles and enclosure 450m east of Siblyback Farm (9.8 km), Prehistoric irregular and regular aggregate field systems, enclosure, stone hut circles, cairnfield and kerbed boulder 750m ESE of Siblyback Farm (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.