Hi.
Within the margin for error on a 1:50,000 this is without doubt one of the
parish boundary stones.
The current district boundary (shown on the 1:50,000) runs in an almost
straight line from 23754960 (where it crosses the Minera road) to 24204865.
Spookily it passes exactly through 24004900.
The 1:25,000 for the area (SJ 23/24, sheet 806) shows several boundary
stones along this part of the district boundary, with the most accessible
being where the boundary crosses the road.
Like many boundary stones on moorland, some of these stones have toppled in
recent years suffering mainly from peat shrinkage in dry summers.
Regards,
Adrian (North Wales Caving Club)
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>Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:28 AM
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>Subject: Re: Boundary stone (?), Minera, north-east Wales.
>
>Given the letters RU (Ruabon), it sounds like a parish or
>manor boundary stone, although many (but not all) boundary
>stones have other letters on the reverse which denote the
>parish on the other side of the boundary.
>
>The other possibility is that it is a 'meer stone' used to
>mark a lead mining claim - the ones I have seen look very
>like a boundary stone. In this case the letters would be
>the initials of the miner or partnership.
>These were erected in the Grassington (Yorks) mining field,
>although most have now been robbed and I believe they were
>also common in the Derbyshire mining field.
>Their use seems to have been part of local mining law where
>veins were let by the meer (about 30 yards but very variable
>according to locality).
>
>Richard Smith
>>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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