Drummer Boy'S Post is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Finger post.

Drummer Boy'S Post

WRENN ID
forbidden-threshold-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Finger post
Address
Drummer Boy'S Post, Old Salisbury Road, Market Lavington
OS grid reference
SU 069 495
Coordinates
51.24478, -1.90206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Drummer Boy's Post is a 19th-century finger post located on Old Salisbury Road in Market Lavington. It is made of cast iron and features a tapered shaft set on a moulded cylindrical base. At the top, there are three wooden arms that read SALISBURY, DEVIZES, and LAVINGTON, topped with an urn finial. The post was restored around 1980. It is associated with a legend about the ghost of a drummer, which was recorded by Sir Walter Scott and mentioned by Rev R.H. Barham in Ingoldsby Legends, second series.

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