Two Marker Posts Situated On The South East Side Of Holme Lode is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1988. Marker post.
Two Marker Posts Situated On The South East Side Of Holme Lode
- WRENN ID
- fallow-steel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1988
- Type
- Marker post
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HOLME HOLME FEN NATURE TL 28 NW RESERVE 6/43 Two marker posts situated on the south-east side of Holme Lode
II
Two marker posts A and B. Post A erected in 1851 by Wm Wells replacing an earlier wooden post of 1848, post B erected in 1957. Cast iron. The two posts were erected to mark the shrinkage of the peat as the water table was lowered when Whittlesea Mere was drained. Post A originally from the Crystal Palace Exhibition hall; it is a fluted column with an octagonal base and is supported on poles with iron ties. Post B is an octagonal column mounted on a concrete base, the metal plaques are inscribed with ground levels and corresponding dates. Whittlesea Mere of which the nature reserve is a small surviving part was drained between 1849 and 1853. The nature reserve is managed by the Nature Conservancy Council. Wells, W. Drainage of Whittlesea Mere, Royal Agricultural Society Journal, Vol. 21 (1860).
Listing NGR: TL2028689395
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