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The Early post-medieval guide post located 270 metres north west of Bowden in Cornwall is a wayside marker dating from approximately the sixteenth to seventeenth century. Such guide posts served a practical function for travellers, indicating directions and routes across the landscape during a period when formal signage was minimal and road networks were developing. The monument represents the modest but essential infrastructure of early modern communications and reflects the increasing need for navigational aids as travel and trade expanded in post-medieval Cornwall. Its survival demonstrates the durability of these simple stone or wooden structures that once punctuated the Cornish countryside in far greater numbers.
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 →
The Early post-medieval guide post located 270 metres north west of Bowden in Cornwall is a wayside marker dating from approximately the sixteenth to seventeenth century. 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).
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