Some were called spur stones. There is a photograph of one at Clink St,
London, SE1, in John Harris & Jill Lever, _Illustrated Glossary of
Architecture 850-1830_ (Faber & Faber, 1966) pl.224.
Graham Javes
In message <[log in to unmask]>, David
Short <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Scattered around our village in Hertfordshire are a number of methods
>of presenting vehicles from damaging the pavements or buildings. The
>most modern ones are cast iron bollards which have been put in
>recently by the District Council. There are also some smaller iron
>ones of a conical shape which were put in fairly recently. But the
>historically more interesting ones are the erratics which were placed
>at the corners of houses and at road junctions to stop cart wheels
>from damaging the walls of buildings or road verges.
>
>I want to write something about these but have no idea what they are,
>or were, called. Anyone got any ideas?
>
>David Short
>
>
>
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>David Short
>Ashwell Education Services
>Tel: 01462 742385 Fax: 01462 743024
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