Boundary Stone At Northfield is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Boundary stone.

Boundary Stone At Northfield

WRENN ID
third-steeple-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Boundary stone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST 69 SE 5/260

ROCKHAMPTON SUNDAYS HILL LANE (north side) Boundary Stone at Northfield

II

Boundary stone. Possibly Anglo-Saxon or earlier, but re-set. Large upright rough stone in limestone or conglomerate, surface much pitted; c.1.25 m high, and up to 500 mm wide and 300 mm thick, coming roughly to a peak. Bears bronze plate with inscription: THIS MARKER STONE BELIEVED TO BE OF ANGLO-SAXON AND PROBABLY PREHISTORIC ORIGIN STANDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ANCIENT BOUNDARY OF THE BERKELEY HUNDRED AND THE LANGLEY AND SWYNESHEAD HUNDRED. The stone was recovered from beneath the highway and reinstated in its present position by Avon County Council in 1984.

Listing NGR: ST6567493789

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