I have received the following query. My initial thoughts are, given the
location and the possible RU inscription, that this is a boundary marker for
Ruabon parish. However that is certainly open to contradiction.
Peter
>Recently while walking over the moors south of Minera I came across what
>might be a mine/sett boundary marker. The grid reference from the OS
>Landranger 117 is approx 238488 although this is a rough guestimate. The
>area on the OS map marks Shafts(dis) and the ground close to the stone has
>obviously been disturbed by what looks like mine workings although long
>abandoned. Carved into one face of the stone are the letters P or RU. I
>would be interested in the mining history of the area and if this stone
>marker is associated with that activity.
>
>Regards Jerry Vincent
>
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