Monument record MDR8686 - Bar Brook, guidestone or waymarker

Type and Period (2)

MARKER STONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DIRECTION STONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1010183: WAYMARKER AND CLAPPER BRIDGE 130M SOUTH OF BARBROOK BRIDGE

Full Description

Marker stone, extremely weathered, at clapper bridge over Bar Brook. Any writing now obliterated. Photographic record. (1) As an aid to navigation and safe passage, not only were guide stoops erected, but also waymarkers (or aiming posts). One of these lies at SK275782 by a slab bridge over Bar Brook. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDR18970 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Black and white photograph collection. 29.17A.
<2> SDR19723 Bibliographic reference: Smith, H. 2000. The Guide Stoops of Derbyshire. 2nd and Revised Edition.. p 65.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 2758 7812 (5m by 6m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish	HOLMESFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Oct 21 2013 2:47PM