Royal Forest of Dean Boundary Stones

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Creative Commons License Text by Mr Red, October 2022 ; This work is dedicated to the Public Domain.
Images are under a separate Creative Commons Licence.

The Forest of Dean is wrongly used as a generic title for a vast swathe of Gloucestershire to the West of the Severn, but to "Foresters" it is a specific area where "rights in common" accrue. Grazing of sheep is one, and for those born within the "Briavel Hundred" can claim to be a "free miner" providing they also work down a mine for a year and a day. The "Forest" is also known as the "Royal Forest of Dean" and was, in 1832 defined by several hundred boundary stones some of which still survive. In the 21ˢᵗ C, modern stones are being placed for those that did not survive the weather &/or road and housing developments. Some stones are on private land but most modern ones are at the roadside, where plastic bollards with vertical green strips also serve to mark the boundary. For an interactive map, see Gloucestershire Boundary Stones, focusing on FoD External link

The "Royal Forest" ( websiteExternal link ) has a map which shows the "Forest" looking bigger than the extent of the boundary stones see LinkExternal link .
The boundary in one or two places went down both sides of the periphery of roads for a long way and included those roads. One of those instances extends to within ½ mile of Yat Rock.

Click on an image for more info. First half of images of stones found so far:
& Nᴼ.-1 SO5615 : Boundary Stone, near Yat Rock, Forest of Dean by Mr Red & Nᴼ.0 SO6306 : Boundary Stone, Yorkley by Mr Red & Nᴼ.2 SO6712 : Boundary Stone, Grange by Mr Red & Nᴼ.3 SO6711 : Boundary Stone, Blaise Bailey by Mr Red & Nᴼ.4 SO6711 : Old Boundary Stone, Grange by Mr Red & Nᴼ.5 SO6610 : Boundary Stone, Royal Forest of Dean by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.6 SO6608 : Boundary Stone, Royal Forest of Dean by Mr Red & Nᴼ.7 SO6608 : Old Boundary Stone, Ayleford by Mr Red & Nᴼ.10 SO6608 : Stone Stile, Brains Green by Mr Red & Nᴼ.12 SO6607 : Stone Stile, Brains Green by Mr Red & Nᴼ.13 SO6607 : Boundary Stone, Loiterpin, Forest of Dean by Mr Red & Nᴼ.15 SO6607 : Modern Boundary Stone, Loiterpin, Blakeney Hill by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.17 SO6607 : Boundary Stone, Loiterpin, Blakeney Hill by Mr Red & Nᴼ.18 SO6606 : Modern Boundary Stone, Blakeney by Mr Red & Nᴼ.22 SO6606 : Boundary Stone, Pollard's Lane, Blakeney by Mr Red & Nᴼ.23 SO6606 : Boundary Marker, Pollard's Lane, Blakeney by Mr Red & Nᴼ.25 SO6606 : Old Boundary Stone, Viney Hill by Mr Red & Nᴼ.26 SO6606 : Modern Boundary Stone, Viney Hill by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.30 SO6406 : Boundary Stone, Yorkley Royal Forest of Dean by Tom Cotterell & Nᴼ.32 SO6306 : Modern Boundary Stone, Yorkley by Mr Red & Nᴼ.39 SO6105 : Boundary Stone, Bream Eaves by Mr Red & Nᴼ.40 SO6105 : Boundary Stone, Bream Eaves by Mr Red & Nᴼ.41 SO6105 : Boundary Stone, Bream Eaves by Mr Red & Nᴼ.42 SO6005 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.45 SO6005 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.46 SO6005 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.47 SO6005 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.49 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream Tufts by Mr Red & Nᴼ.50 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream Tufts by Mr Red & Nᴼ.51 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.52 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.53 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.54 SO5905 : Boundary Stone, Bream by Mr Red & Nᴼ.56 SO5807 : Boundary Stone, Clements End by Mr Red & Nᴼ.60 SO5807 : Boundary Stone, Sling by Mr Red & Nᴼ.61 SO5807 : Boundary Stone, Sling by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.64 SO5708 : Boundary Stone, Clearwell by Mr Red & Nᴼ.65 SO5708 : Boundary Stone, Lambsquay Road by Mr Red & Nᴼ.68 SO5708 : Boundary Stone, Clearwell, Forest of Dean by Tom Cotterell & Nᴼ.69R SO5708 : Boundary Stone, near Lambsquay Road by Mr Red & Nᴼ.69 SO5708 : Boundary Stone, near Lambsquay Road by Mr Red & Nᴼ.71 SO5709 : Boundary Stone, Puzzlewood, Lambsquay by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.72 SO5709 : Modern Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.73 SO5709 : Modern Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.74 SO5809 : Modern Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.75 SO5809 : Modern Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.76 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.77 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.78 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Forest Rd, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.80 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Milkwall by Mr Red & Nᴼ.81 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Bells Hotel Golf Course by Mr Red & Nᴼ.82 SO5809 : Boundary Stone, Royal Forest of Dean by Mr Red & Nᴼ.88 SO5810 : Boundary Stone, Poolway Road, Broadwell by Mr Red & Nᴼ.90 SO6610 : Boundary Stone, Dean Heritage Centre, Lower Soudley by Mr Red
& Nᴼ.92 SO5712 : Boundary Stone, Hillcrest Road by Mr Red & Nᴼ.96 SO5712 : Boundary Stone, Berry Hill by Mr Red & Nᴼ.97 SO5613 : Old Boundary Stone, Berry Hill by Mr Red & Nᴼ.102 SO5713 : Modern Boundary Stone, Berry Hill by Mr Red & Nᴼ.104 SO5713 : Boundary Stone, Berry Hill, Forest of Dean by Mr Red & Nᴼ.108 SO5813 : Boundary Stone, Berry Hill, Forest of Dean by Mr Red

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