Boundary Stone, Ngr 516 711

This boundary stone stands on Dartmoor as a quiet record of how the moor's land was divided and claimed across the centuries. Such markers were essential before modern surveying, placed at points where the territories of parishes, manors, or commons met. The stone's exact age is uncertain, but boundary markers of this type have been set and reset over many centuries, some medieval in origin and others from later periods.

Today the stone sits in the open landscape, a modest monument to the human patterns imposed on Dartmoor's vast moorland. For walkers crossing this part of the moor, it offers a tangible connection to the long history of settlement and land use that shaped the plateau. The stone remains a point of reference, much as it was intended to be.

Historic England listed designation: Boundary Stone at Ngr 516 711